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Managing risk and protecting patient safety as an internal audit manager for GSK Global Subscription
The career opportunities for pharmacists in industry are extensive says Hannah Le. Keep an open mind and don’t limit yourself — you might discover the career you always wanted, but never knew existed.
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Electronic prescription service saves pharmacies time and money, audit finds
The electronic prescription service has saved pharmacies £60m over the past three years according to an audit by NHS Digital.
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RPS endorses community pharmacy oral anticoagulant safety audit
A new community pharmacy oral anticoagulant safety audit, developed by the NHS’s Specialist Pharmacy Service (SPS), has been endorsed by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
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Ethnic disparities in the uptake of pharmacy services Subscription
On 27 August 2016, UK prime minister Teresa May announced an audit of public services to reveal racial disparities and to help end the injustices that many people experience. This will be led by a unit in the Cabinet Office and will include coverage of health services. ...
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Poor communication about medicines when patients transfer from secondary to primary care, audit reveals
Information on medicines is not being passed on effectively from hospitals to GPs when patients are discharged, an audit has found.
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Pharmacy teams regularly choose not to supply OTC drugs
Community pharmacy teams regularly choose not to fulfil customers’ requests for over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, offering health advice or signposting them to other services instead, a study by Pharmacy Voice has revealed.
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Referral delays for arthritis patients could have devastating consequences Subscription
I would like to highlight the devastating consequences that delayed referrals are having on people with inflammatory arthritis.
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Nuffield Trust highlights efficiencies pharmacists can bring to GP practices Subscription
Pharmacists working in surgeries can cut the time GPs would normally spend on medicines management and prescribing issues by nearly half, according to a report by the Nuffield Trust.
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Hospitals have variable stock levels of antidotes Subscription
Hospital stock control of antidotes to treat poisoned patients have improved but there is still “significant” differences between NHS trusts.
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Use of sedatives and analgesics in infants vary widely across Europe Subscription
A study of neonatal intensive care units in Europe revealed a lack of consistency in the use of sedatives and analgesics, which are potentialy neurotoxic in newborns.
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Hospitals outperforming primary care on antibiotic stewardship, says Public Health England Subscription
When it comes to implementing toolkits for antimicrobial stewardship, hospitals are doing better than primary care, according to research by Public Health England.
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Under treatment of venous thromboembolism persists in cardiac unit Subscription
Researchers introduced a new protocol in a cardiology unit to help ensure patients at risk were put on anticoagulants, but there were still high rates of under treatment.
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Audit on OTC medicines supply Subscription
Community pharmacists are invited to participate in a practice-based audit on the reasons for non-supply of requested over-the-counter medicines to patients. The audit, organised by Pharmacy Voice, is open to all members of the Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies, the Company Chemists’ Association and National Pharmacy Association, and must take place for one week between 1 August and 30 November 2015.
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One in five prescription interventions relate to drug shortages Subscription
Around 20% of prescription interventions made by community pharmacists relate to medicines shortages, suggest the findings of an audit published on 8 July 2015.
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New dates for emergency supply of medicines audit Subscription
The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC), NHS England and NHS Employers have agreed that the national community pharmacy clinical audit on the emergency supply of medicines will now go ahead over two revised audit periods: 23 March 2015–5 April 2015 and 6 April 2015–19 April 2015. The audit was agreed as part of the ...
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Consultants respond positively to audit of antimicrobial prescribing Subscription
An audit and feedback programme targeting medical consultant teams on a hospital acute admissions ward has resulted in improvements in antimicrobial prescribing.
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Audit highlights problem of patients taking NSAIDs without gastroprotection Subscription
Many patients taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are not co-prescribed gastroprotective agents, an audit of community pharmacies in England has found.
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Medicines regulator reviews chloramphenicol packaging after picking errors Subscription
Regulators are working with community pharmacy organisations to review the packaging of chloramphenicol eye and ear drops.
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Doctors call for improvement of inflammatory bowel disease services Subscription
Doctors are calling for a national strategy for inflammatory bowel disease so that it receives the same attention as other chronic conditions such as diabetes.
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Audit tool for needle and syringe programmes Subscription
Exchange Supplies has developed an audit tool to assist Needle and Syringe Programme providers in reviewing the implementation of the recently published National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance about needle and syringe programmes. Hard copies of the tool are available from Exchange Supplies on request.
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