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Nursing Associates, Physician Associates and the use of PGDs
16 November 2021
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A summary is provided on the legal position on the use of Patient Group Directions by Nursing Associates and Physician Associates
Palliative care: useful resources to support answering questions
16 March 2023
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Suggested resources to help primary care healthcare professionals find information to answer questions about medicines use in palliative care
Visual impairment: supporting adherence
12 December 2023
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Interventions and tools to help improve medication adherence, where visual impairment (capability) has been identified as a factor
Medicines Shortages and Patient Group Directions
16 December 2019
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This article outlines how PGDs can be managed to allow for their continued use in cases of medicines shortages.
Social prescribing and pharmacy - an ‘on the couch’ conversation
12 September 2023
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An opportunity to hear how a social prescriber and pharmacist work together in primary care, with hints and ideas on how to reach out and collaborate
Patient Group Direction use in End of Life Care
10 August 2020
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Considerations required before implementing Patient Group Direction (PGDs) for in End of Life Care
Supporting pharmacists with HRT decision making
13 March 2024
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This webinar, the first in a series of two, provided an overview of the menopause with a focus around the selection, optimising and stopping of HRT.
The Use of Generic Anti Epileptics Drugs in Patients with Epilepsy
28 September 2020
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Consensus views of the Pharmaceutical Market Support Group and the UK Clinical Pharmacists Association: Neurosciences Group on the safety and appropriateness of switching between brand…
Patient Group Direction use in Primary Care Networks
8 January 2020
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Guidance on the legislation and governance required when considering the use of PGDs across a PCN
Doctors, dentists, and use of PGDs
15 December 2020
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Doctors and dentists cannot supply or administer medications under a PGD or Written Instruction. This page gives further detail on why this is the case.
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