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SPS National Medicines Governance Do Once programme - national Patient Group Direction (PGD) exemplar templates

20 June 2019 · About PGD exemplar templates The attached PGD templates are based on the version being used to develop the national PGD templates as part of the…

Outsourcing Hospital Pharmacy Outpatient Dispensing (OPD) Services - Challenges and Opportunities

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…

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