This website is intended for healthcare professionals
This website is intended for healthcare professionals
Do you remember your first few weeks and months as a qualified prescriber? I imagine you do, regardless of how long ago you obtained the qualification. I liken it to driving a car for the first time...
The Supervision Practice Group, which comprises community pharmacy, pharmacist and pharmacy technician representative organisations, has published a report on how supervision in community pharmacy...
Day 1: A synthetic vitamin A derivative, #isotretinoin was discovered in the 1950s & originally used for skin cancer. Its effect on the cell cycle led to the discovery of efficacy for severe acne...
Royal colleges in the UK have received more than £9 million in marketing payments from drug and medical devices companies since 2015, but do not always disclose the payments publicly, finds an...
This article, published in the journal Rheumatology, looked at the newly published guidance by the British Society for Rheumatology. The article outlines the need for the guidance and discusses the...
The following scenario considers the case of a 2 kg neonate with critical pulmonary stenosis that requires a continuous intravenous infusion of prostaglandin E2 to prevent her duct from closing. The...
Smoking is the single most preventable cause of premature mortality (Department of Health (DH), 1998; 2000). In recent decades, the UK government has introduced a range of initiatives to reduce...
There are 14 methods of contraception, and side effects are usually associated with hormonal and intrauterine methods. These methods will now be considered individually by method, exploring the...
According to Singer (1979:2), ‘… an ethical judgment that is no good in practice must suffer from a theoretical defect as well, for the whole point of ethical judgments is to guide practice.’ With the...
This comprises a number of documents on behaviour change – everything from general approaches through adult weight management to stop smoking interventions. We’re interested in ‘behaviour change...
What is the concentration of the syringe (in ng/ml) to be used for this child?
The UK government has now published its strategy for the NHS, the ‘NHS Long Term Workforce Plan’, which it calls ‘a strategic direction for the long term, as well as concrete and pragmatic action to...
The Department of Health and Social Care has released a notification regarding medicine supply for GLP-1 receptor agonists used to manage type 2 diabetes. It says there are very limited, intermittent...
Day 1: The mild CNS stimulant #methylphenidate was synthesised in the1940s & marketed as Ritalin by the 1950s, after recognition it improved concentration. Trialled for many conditions e.g chronic...
A study published late last year in the British Medical Journal (Wang et al, 2022) evaluated the association between the initiation of fluoroquinolones and admissions to hospitals or emergency...
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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