NPC Archive Item: NPC podcast – 18th May 2010

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. Join the NPC evidence based therapeutics team as they discuss some important recent studies and therapeutics news. This month: A key message on intensive blood-pressure control in type 2 […]

NPC Archive Item: NMP Quick Guide Podcast – May 11th 2010

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. Rebekah Robinson talks to Paul Robinson, Policy Lead for non-medical prescribing at the Department of Health and Anne Fittock about a new guidance document – ‘Non-medical prescribing – a […]

NPC Archive Item: NPC Podcast – 26th April 2010

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. Join members of the NPC’s evidence-based therapeutics team for a discussion of some recent studies of interest. Topics include Managing simple UTI: don’t routinely send urine for cultures, consider […]

NPC Archive Item: NPC podcast – 8th March 2010

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. Join the NPC evidence based therapeutics team as they discuss some important recent studies and therapeutics news. This month: Can HbA1c be too low in people with diabetes? Is […]

NPC Archive Item: NPC podcast – 11th February 2010

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. Cathy Picton talks to Tim Evans, Chief Executive of NHS Bolton, at the NPC Regional Local Decision-Making (LDM) Workshop held in Manchester about LDM and why Tim sees it […]

NPC Archive Item: NPC Podcast – 20th October 2009

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. Cathy Picton talks to Trevor Beswick, Mandy Matthews and Dr Ian MacKenzie, three of the NPC’s Local Decision Making Facilitators, about the NPC’s ongoing support programme for local decision […]

NPC Archive Item: NPC Podcast – 25th September 2009

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. Steve Morris talks to Chris Harris, Controlled Drugs Policy lead at the Department for Health, and Gillian Arr-Jones, Chief Pharmacist at the Care Quality Commission (CQC), about the recent […]

NPC Archive Item: NPC Podcast – 28th July 2009

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. Carl Dawood talks to Dr Christine Johnson, Primary Care Adviser for the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA), about the work of the NPSA and specifically the Seven Steps to […]

NPC Archive Item: NPC podcast – 25th May 2009

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 Evidence-Based Therapeutics team discuss the latest bumper edition of the Drug Safety Update Bulletin from the MHRA. This highlights new safety concerns around aliskiren, ACE inhibitors/A2RAs in […]

NPC Archive Item: NPC Podcast – 21st May 2009

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. Carl Dawood talks to Charlotte Dowling, Primary Care Contracting Adviser for the East of England, about developments within World Class Commissioning and pharmaceutical services. [podcast]http://www.npc.nhs.uk/podcast/mm_may09.mp3[/podcast] Subscribe to the NPC […]