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Medicines monitoring during the blood tube shortage

27 August 2021NHS England have circulated a supply disruption alert for the current shortage of blood specimen tubes. This affects good practice for medicines monitoring.

Written Instruction for the administration of seasonal ‘flu vaccination

25 August 2021Advice on using written instructions for the administration of 'flu vaccinations to healthcare staff and written instruction templates 2021/22 are available.

Patient Group Directions in Complex Commissioning Scenarios

10 June 2021This guide supports planning, decision making and advises on governance processes when PGDs are used within commissioned services .

How is acute hypomagnesaemia treated in adults?

12 January 2021There is no national guidance on the treatment of hypomagnesaemia, and practice varies widely between hospital Trusts. The guidance in this document reflects practice at…

Doctors, dentists, and use of PGDs

15 December 2020Doctors and dentists cannot supply or administer medications under a PGD or Written Instruction.  This page gives further detail on why this is the case.

Induction Training Course for Pharmacy Trust Buyers

18 November 2020This article is designed to cover those items that pharmacy trust buyers (i.e. the person in the trust responsible for managing the sourcing and procurement of…

Summary of NICE guidance for Spondyloarthritis

14 November 2020This edition of NICE Bites reflects current NICE guidance (as at November 2020). Please go to NICE to check for any recent updates to this…

Summary of NICE guidance for Respiratory Tract Infections (acute) – antimicrobial prescribing

14 November 2020This edition of NICE Bites reflects current NICE guidance (as at November 2020). Please go to NICE to check for any recent updates to this…

Summary of NICE guidance for Antimicrobial stewardship – changing risk-related behaviours in the general population

14 November 2020This edition of NICE Bites reflects current NICE guidance (as at November 2020). Please go to NICE to check for any recent updates to this…

Summary of NICE guidance for Motor neurone disease (MND)

13 November 2020Since this edition of NICE Bites was published, NICE has added a link to new MHRA safety advice on prescribing gabapentin. Please go to NICE…