Valproate containing medicines are indicated for the treatment of epilepsy, bipolar disorder and migraine headache (unlicensed). Valproate is known to be highly teratogenic and use…
In Croydon, Health and Social Care providers and commissioners have agreed a whole system approach to transform the delivery of health and social care. An…
We aimed to make self-administration more easily available to patients who wanted it. We conducted a failure, modes and effects analysis, collected baseline data on…
The Leicestershire Physical Health Register has been developed by the pharmacy mental health team in Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust. The register helps clinicians/teams ensure patients…
The Care Home improvement team in Herts valley CCG is a multidisciplinary team which includes pharmacists, nurses, emergency care practitioners and GPs in an advisory role. They…
All Dorset CCG GP Practices were asked to audit all patients taking anti-platelets (clopidogrel, prasugrel and ticagrelor), as part of a dual anti-platelet (anti-platelet plus…
Adhoc local CCG projects on problematic polypharmacy identified barriers of funding and resourcing for making sustainable improvements. Kent Surrey Sussex AHSN agreed to support a…
The Medicine Optimisation pharmacy Service (MOpS) is delivered by clinical pharmacists within CLCH NHS Trust and was commissioned by West London CCG to address the…
NICE guidance on atrial fibrillation (AF) recommends that patients on anticoagulation with warfarin should have time in therapeutic range (TTR) assessed. Patients with TTR <65%…