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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.

Collaboration opportunities to improve medication safety

15 December 2022Practical guidance on effective collaboration opportunities to promote medication safety improvements

Understanding medication safety policy and frameworks

15 December 2022Healthcare professionals delivering the medication safety agenda in their organisation require an understanding of national policy, frameworks and legislation

Resources to support learning from medication incidents and harms

15 December 2022Organisations should utilise resources to effectively drive improvement based on the learning from incidents, concerns, disputes and claims

Medication Safety

Resources, guidance and support to assess and improve medication safety culture, strategy and policy within the healthcare system.

Developing Medication Safety Across The System (MSATS)

15 September 2023Medication Safety Across the System (MSATS) provides resources and networking to inspire and equip individuals in promoting the safe use of medicines.

Self-administration of medicines

25 January 2023Self-administering medicines in all care settings and at home can benefit both individuals and organisations; it should be encouraged where safely achievable

Multiple Use of Injectable Medicines in Clinical Areas V 02 February 2020

19 December 2019This document is intended for multi-professional clinical practitioners to use as a reference and source of information for the prescribing, reconstituting or administering injectable medicines.…

Using potassium permanganate for skin conditions or wound care

4 April 2025Potassium permanganate is a chemical product. We review the evidence for using it in wound care and highlight the risk of severe harm associated with wrong use.

Accessing resources for patients on high risk medicines

19 December 2022A number of resources are available to support the safe use of high-risk medicines. Healthcare professionals should ensure they are available for their patients