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Medication Safety Update - May 2025 ·
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28 May 2025
Spotlight, May 2025
28 May 2025
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A digest of NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service support for professionals working in all areas of the healthcare system for May 2025.
Biosimilar and key generic medicines July 2025 update
28 May 2025
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An update supporting system implementation of biosimilar and key generic medicines. 9 July 2025
Time critical medicines quality improvement collaborative
28 May 2025
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We invite NHS Trusts to express an interest in joining this quality improvement collaborative
Alison Ashman
Regional Pharmacy Procurement Specialist
MGDO process for PGD templates V5 April 2024 FINAL APPROVED ·
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27 May 2025
MGDO process for protocol templates V2 April 2024 draft FINAL APPROVED ·
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27 May 2025
MGDO process for WI template for MGDO V2 April 2024 FINAL APPROVED ·
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27 May 2025
Temperature controlled storage of medicines
24 May 2025
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An SPS Quality Assurance (QA) bite size learning event on storing medicines in controlled temperatures. 25 July 2025.
Guidance
Administering
Hierarchy of control1 ·
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