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This website is intended for healthcare professionals
A significant amount of palliative care medicines management in the home is carried out by patients and their families or other informal carers, in the absence of direct contact and guidance by health...
The main complications of diabetes are microvascular disease affecting the eyes, nerves and kidneys, and macrovascular disease leading to cardiovascular disease (CVD), cerebrovascular disease and...
Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) is the most common cause of anaemia and is a problem worldwide, with an estimated 500 million people affected, occurring both in low-income countries such as sub-Saharan...
Fungal infections caused by dermatophytes, a group of fungi that invade and grow in dead keratin, causing infection that is normally confined to dead layers of skin. Because dermatophytes require...
There have been numerous studies and articles over the last few years looking at deprescribing in mental health. For example, Bjerre et al (2018) outline that the deprescribing of antipsychotics for...
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...
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...
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...
Paramedics in the UK are the first in the world to be granted prescriptive authority representing a significant opportunity to make a difference to professional practice and patient care. Key to...
While the intention of this article is to review inhaled therapies, it is also worth considering oral therapies for asthma..
The new regulatory standards, in the context of expanding the DMP role, have potential benefits and challenges. The expansion of the role to include all prescribing professions may improve access to...
The use of systemic chemotherapy as a treatment modality for cancer is widely used, with around one-third of all individuals receiving chemotherapy as part of their treatment (National Cancer...
Journal of Prescribing Practice shares the latest clinical expertise and professional guidance for non-medical prescribers. Our goal is to provide the knowledge to help you prescribe more efficiently and effectively.
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