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Supplying Prescription Only Medicines: advice for dental teams

26 March 2025Advice on supplying prescription only medicines (POMs) to NHS and private patients by dentists, dental hygienists and dental therapists.

Supplying medicines and medical devices: advice for dental teams

26 March 2025Supply of medicines by dentists and dental care professionals depends on the class of medicine, legal mechanism used and requires a local governance framework.

Pharmacogenomics: resources to support answering questions

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

Individually labelled medicines in residential custodial settings

11 March 2025Advice on using individually labelled medicines rather than stock medication for residential custodial settings.

Personalised evidence-based medicine to minimise polypharmacy

4 March 2025A consultant pharmacist used case studies to illustrate a patient-centered approach to deprescribing in patients with problematic polypharmacy.

'Flozin' suggestions for adults with swallowing difficulties

27 February 2025A range of SGLT2 inhibitor ('flozin') formulations are suitable for use in adults with swallowing difficulties

'Gliptin' suggestions for adults with swallowing difficulties

27 February 2025A range of DPP-4 inhibitor ('gliptin') formulations are suitable for use in adults with swallowing difficulties

Personalising evidence-based medicine to reduce polypharmacy

11 February 2025An insight on principles of patient centred structured medication reviews; using the current evidence and shared decision making to facilitate de-prescribing.

Worked example of assessing the risk of transcribing

28 January 2025Example where medicines are prescribed by both the patient’s GP and specialist clinicians, and are administered in a patient’s home.

Offender healthcare settings and transcribing

28 January 2025Consideration needs to be given to the risk factors particularly associated with transcribing in offender healthcare settings