NPC Archive Item: Guidance for GP practices on achieving best value from the community pharmacy medicines use review service; and for the implementation of repeat dispensing

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 Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC), British Medical Association (BMA) and NHS Employers jointly published two pieces of guidance for GP practices in January 2009. These were ‘achieving best […]

NPC Archive Item: Medicines adherence – Involving patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence

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. Published in January 2009 by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) the clinical guidance Medicines adherence – Involving patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting […]

NPC Archive Item: The lifecycle of medicines: new web 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. MHRA. My medicine: From laboratory to pharmacy shelf. 26th September 2008 The Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has launched a new web resource about medicines. It aims to […]

NPC Archive Item: NICE Guideline: Medicines concordance and adherence: involving adults and carers in decisions about prescribed medicines (Draft for consultation)

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. What is the background to this? More and more people are being prescribed an increasing amount of medication. The NICE draft guideline on medicines concordance and adherence: involving adults […]

NPC Archive Item: Medicines information needs of patients: the relationship between information needs, diagnosis and disease

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. This blog looks at the findings of a study published in Quality and Safety in Health Care by C Duggan and I Bates (Quality and Safety in Health Care, […]