Regulator recommends thyroid function tests for patients on levothyroxine with persistent symptoms The Medicines and Healthcare products Agency has suggested that patients receive a thyroid function test if they experience persistent symptoms after switching between different formulations of the thyroid hormone levothyroxine.…
CQC proposes law change to close online prescribing loopholes linked to patient deaths The Care Quality Commission said its proposed legislative changes would improve its ability to regulate independent care providers that are currently “putting people’s lives at risk”.…
Prescribing of thyroid hormone increases by more than 60% in a decade Exclusive: Prescriptions for the thyroid hormone levothyroxine have increased by more than 12 million in a decade.…
RPS calls for greater use of pharmacist independent prescribers The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has published recommendations to support the increased use of pharmacist independent prescribers over the next decade.…
Assessing the integration of pharmacist independent prescribers in child and adolescent mental health services The outcomes of integrating two pharmacist independent prescribers into a community child and adolescent mental health services and the acceptance of their role as part of the multidisciplinary team.…
Antidepressant prescribing up 6% in last three months of 2020 Despite a rise in antidepressant prescriptions, the overall rate of increase has slowed, the NHS Business Services Authority has found.…
Pharmacist-led feedback for prescribers cuts errors in hospital, study suggests A pharmacist-led feedback intervention, aimed at supporting prescribers, resulted in a significant reduction in prescribing errors in hospital, a study has found.…
How our multidisciplinary approach helped us reduce our practice’s high-dose prescribing by almost half Senior GP pharmacist Rory Donnelly explains how his practice helped reduce high-dose opioid prescribing by an average of 40%.…
Medical cannabis has yet to live up to the hype Two years since legalisation, prescribers need convincing that medical cannabis is an effective therapy option.…
Appropriate prescribing practices and considerations: a hospital pharmacist’s perspective (audio) How pharmacists can implement age-appropriate prescribing and choose the right formulation in practice.…
