NPC Archive Item: Design for patient safety: a guide to the labelling and packaging of injectable medicines published

NOTE – This is an archive post from the NPC and has not been updated since first publication. Therefore, some hyperlinks may no longer be working. Introduction Patient safety is a key priority for the NHS and is the first domain described in “Standards for Better Health”.1 The health service is a complex system where […]

NPC Archive Item: Training Programme to Improve the Safety of Patients

NOTE – This is an archive post from the NPC and has not been updated since first publication. Therefore, some hyperlinks may no longer be working. The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has recently launched a Foresight Training Resource Pack to improve the safety of patients treated in the NHS. It covers many areas of […]

NPC Archive Item: Medicines Reconciliation – Update & Extra Resource

NOTE – This is an archive post from the NPC and has not been updated since first publication. Therefore, some hyperlinks may no longer be working. The NPC’s guide to the implementation of medicines reconciliation was launched on the 29th February 2008. The purpose of the document is to give practical guidance to healthcare professionals, […]