16 December 2019 · Medicine Shortages can occur for many reasons including manufacturing and quality control problems, delays in supply chains and discontinuations. Where a medicine supplied and/or administered…
1 July 2019 · The Medicines Use & Safety team undertook a national baseline audit of the implementation of the RPS Professional Standards for optimising medicines in secure environments…
20 June 2019 · The attached PGD template is based on the version being used to develop the national PGD templates as part of the SPS National Medicines Governance…
20 March 2019 · This guidance is designed to assist organisations in identifying when a Patient Group Direction (PGD) should not be used. The aims of this guidance are…
22 October 2018 · “A study to compare the different models of outsourced OPD hospital pharmacy services and assess the potential strategic impact on other hospital pharmacy services and…
10 October 2018 · This publication is a brief good practice guide for staff working in NHS commissioned health and social care organisations in England. It describes the legal…
10 October 2018 · This webinar, presented by Denise Farmer; Pharmaceutical Adviser, Health and Justice; provided an overview of the Falsified Medicines Directive, the proposals for implementing this in…
13 September 2017 · Details of the Webinar held on Wednesday 13th September at 1pm are given below. Although the webinar is aimed at pharmacy teams working in secure environments it will…
29 September 2016 · Background In October 2017 NHS England published the second edition of the Pain Management Formulary for Prisons. The formulary outlines a rational, evidence based approach…