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Medicines Shortages and Patient Group Directions

16 December 2019Medicine Shortages can occur for many reasons including manufacturing and quality control problems, delays in supply chains and discontinuations. Where a medicine supplied and/or administered…

National Homecare Medicines Committee (NHMC) Homecare Risk Assessment

10 December 2019To support organisations in establishing a robust risk assessment process for new homecare medicines services the NHMC has developed a tool for local use.  …

How do I use CosmoFer (iron dextran) total dose infusion for correction of iron deficiency anaemia?

27 November 2019This updated Medicines Q&A provides guidance on the administration of Cosmofer (iron dextran) total dose infusion for the treatment of iron deficiency anaemia

Requirements for Governance and Preparation of Gene Therapy: Pan UK Pharmacy Working Group for ATMPs

30 October 2019Practical advice for centres implementing Gene Therapies detailing GMSC and Governance requirements and optimal preparation location.

Raising the profile of medicines safety: Changing practice and sharing learning from medication incidents

22 August 2019The Patient Safety Alert: Improving medication error incident and reporting1,2  raised the profile of medicines safety in our Trust (CDDFT). Our evolving programme, focussing on…

Using a Patient Group Direction to supply or administer a medication which is part of a clinical trial, study or pilot

26 June 2019The below summary advises on the use of PGDs to supply or administer a medication which is part of a clinical trial, study or pilot

SPS National Medicines Governance Do Once programme – national Patient Group Direction (PGD) template

20 June 2019The attached PGD template is based on the version being used to develop the national PGD templates as part of the SPS National Medicines Governance…

SCRIPT – an eLearning programme to improve prescribing competence and the safe and effective use of medicines

10 May 2019SCRIPT is a web-based eLearning programme used to standardise training and provide continuing professional development relating to prescribing, therapeutics and medicines management. The overarching aim…

A quality improvement project to increase self-administration of medicines in an acute hospital

15 April 2019We aimed to make self-administration more easily available to patients who wanted it. We conducted a failure, modes and effects analysis, collected baseline data on…

National Homecare Medicines Committee (NHMC) Standard Service Areas

12 April 2019In March 2018 NHMC approved a list of standard service areas which will be incorporated into version 6 of the national KPI dataset. Homecare providers…