Dermatology prescribing update: eczema

Emollients are first line therapy in eczema, this is evidence-based UK guidance (NICE 2007; 2018; PCDS, 2019). Complete emollient therapy should always be advised, this is: ‘everything that goes on...

Medication adherence: understanding the issues and finding solutions

Adherence is defined as the extent to which the individual's behaviour or actions match the recommendations agreed with their health professional (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence...

Adapting to the new normal

As I write this editorial it is the beginning of a new academic year and preparations are almost complete for the new intake of students across the wide range of healthcare-related programmes, both...

Drug breakdown: nitrofurantoin

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Prescribing in end of life care

Two publications reviewed look at the prescribing of anticipatory medications at the end of life..

Preparing to Prescribe: an online implementation tool kit for non-medical prescribers

Prescribing in patients with kidney disease

Diabetes accounts for nearly half of CKD diagnoses in the UK and over 10 000 people have end-stage kidney disease as a result of their diabetes (UK Renal Registry, 2018). An ageing population, coupled...

Exploring the roles and responsibilities of non-medical prescribing leads in the South West of England

This paper reports on an exploration of the role and responsibilities of NMP leads in the southwest of England..

HALOPERIDOL

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Past the peak: navigating depression in the aftermath of COVID-19

Depression was already one of the commonest mental disorders in Great Britain, but new research has shown that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an increase of mental distress in adults across the...

Opioid drugs: a high risk prescribing area?

Richards et al (2020) start this paper by looking at the current picture of prescribing of opioids in a primary care setting. They acknowledge that research shows that an increase in opioid...

Handwriting and medication errors

‘Avoidable drug errors may contribute to around 22 300 deaths per year’ .