23 January 2025 · Recommendations for secondary care pharmacy procurement teams to follow before escalating a supply issue or shortage to the SPS Regional Procurement Team.
21 January 2025 · People with lactose intolerance may request lactose-free medicines although the amounts, when present as an excipient, are unlikely to cause symptoms in most.
17 January 2025 · These practical tools aid medication review by identifying inappropriate medicines, guiding deprescribing, and empowering patients via shared decision making.
17 January 2025 · We explore the causes, consequences and tools to support pharmacy professionals in managing polypharmacy, overprescribing and deprescribing in practice.
17 January 2025 · These resources provide information and guidance that reflects the growing understanding of problematic polypharmacy and overprescribing.
13 January 2025 · A summary of key legal issues, a pathway of actions and links to national guidance to consider before administering medicines covertly to adults.
3 January 2025 · Interpreting significance of drug interactions with dental local anaesthetic (LA) cartridges and why most aren’t clinically relevant in general dental practice.
3 January 2025 · Most drug interactions with local anaesthetics (LA) cartridges are not clinically relevant in general dentistry. We advise on management options where needed.
19 December 2024 · Untreated hypomagnesaemia (low magnesium) can lead to life threatening arrhythmias. We guide on the safe use of magnesium for acute hypomagnesaemia.