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The risks and principles of prescribing in pregnancy

15 July 2025Prescribing in pregnancy requires balancing maternal and fetal risks. This guidance outlines key risks and principles to ensure safe, informed decisions.

Information resources for advice about medicines in pregnancy

15 July 2025SPS and other resources can help pharmacy and other healthcare professionals provide advice on medicines in pregnancy.

Conducting a medicines risk assessment in pregnancy

15 July 2025The questions asked should provide information on factors that are critical to the risk assessment for each individual pregnancy.

Pharmacogenomics: resources to support answering questions

21 March 2025Suggested resources to help healthcare professionals find information to answer questions about pharmacogenomics.

Supporting people with sight loss in managing their medicines

20 March 2025Guidance for pharmacy staff about how to support people with sight loss in using their medicines and accessing pharmacy services.

Tools to support medication review

17 January 2025These practical tools aid medication review by identifying inappropriate medicines, guiding deprescribing, and empowering patients via shared decision making.

A person-centred approach to polypharmacy and medication review

17 January 2025This article outlines how to identify, invite and apply a person-centred framework to support structured medication review.

Understanding polypharmacy, overprescribing and deprescribing

17 January 2025We explore the causes, consequences and tools to support pharmacy professionals in managing polypharmacy, overprescribing and deprescribing in practice.

Resources to support medication review

17 January 2025These resources provide information and guidance that reflects the growing understanding of problematic polypharmacy and overprescribing.

Pharmacy technician coffee break conversation podcasts

25 July 2024A series of short podcast discussions with pharmacy technicians about their roles and the different ways they provide patient care.