Using the British National Formulary app to support safe prescribing: a practical guide

The app can be downloaded from the Apple App Store for iOS devices and the Google Play Store for Android devices (BNF Publications, 2022a)..

The influence of non-medical prescribers on antimicrobial stewardship: a national evaluation of the prescribing of antibiotics by non-medical prescribers in England from 2016 to 2021 (part 1)

Retrospective data regarding NMP numbers and antibiotic prescriptions in primary care settings in England and dispensed in the community, from January 2016 to January 2021, were collated, to show...

Alligation of solution – creating the unavailable: answers

Drug breakdown: Penthrox

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Drug updates: August

Following a deal with the manufacturer of Dexcom One, patients with type 1 diabetes in England are now eligible for continuous glucose monitors (CGMs). Until recently, the only CGMs widely available...

New social prescribing scheme to be trialed

Prescribing in physiotherapy

The aim of this piece of research, published in the Journal of Musculoskeletal Science and Practice (advanced online ahead of October 2022 publication) was to establish how musculoskeletal advanced...

Electrosurgery and surgical site infection

For what ages should blood pressure medications be recommended?

The Blood Pressure Lowering Treatment Trialists' Collaboration (2021a) reported from their large-scale study that a 5 mmHg reduction of systolic blood pressure reduced the risk of major cardiovascular...

Optimising asthma care and greener inhaler prescribing

Overreliance on short-acting bronchodilators (SABA) can indicate poor disease control. Three or more days a week with any need for SABA is a pragmatic threshold for uncontrolled asthma (NICE, 2017)....

Glaucoma: pharmacological management and iatrogenic causes

Aqueous humour supplies oxygen and nutrients to the cornea, lens and other cells lining the anterior chamber. Aqueous humour also helps maintain the eye's shape (Schehlein et al, 2017; Sharif, 2021)....

Consultation in out-of-hours practice: a clinical review of Lyme disease

Consultation models were originally developed as a means to explore and understand the psychological aspects of doctor–patient consultations, in addition to providing a structure to the process...