Prescribing

Test your knowledge of diabetes

This CPD and learning quiz can help you assess your knowledge of a range of diabetes topics, from insulin initiation to complications such as diabetic ketoacidosis.…

Pharmacy bodies call for action to ensure access to designated prescribing practitioners

A joint report by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and National Pharmacy Association encourages pharmacies to work together to assess their readiness to provide a prescribing learning environment.…

One in ten people with chronic pain could experience opioid dependence, suggest study results

The pooled prevalence of dependence and opioid use disorder was 9.3% across 148 studies, but the researchers say high heterogeneity means the results should be “interpreted with caution”.…

How to assess mental health when prescribing

An introduction to psychiatric history taking and how prescribers can identify opportunities for mental health intervention and referral.…

NHS England to fund 80 places on accuracy checking pharmacy technician programme

Up to ten funded places — which usually cost £330 — will be available each month from August 2024 to March 2025.…

Latest Medicine, Ethics and Practice includes expanded sections on prescribing and valproate safety

The 47th edition contains additional information on prescribing and patient safety to reflect the Society’s “ongoing commitment to high standards of professional practice”.…

Changes in migraine treatment: how new classes of drugs can provide additional options for patients and prescribers

This episode of The PJ Pod looks at recent changes to National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance on the treatment of acute and chronic migraine and what pharmacists should expect from the new class of gepant drugs.…

Pharmacists risk being criminalised in puberty blockers ban, warns RPS

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society says the emergency prohibition order for gonadotrophin-releasing hormone may be leading to prescribers “unwittingly breaking the law”.…

Managing and reducing polypharmacy when prescribing

An overview of the challenges that multiple medicines management may present for prescribers, with advice on approaches prescribing pharmacists can adopt to best support patients.…

NSAID prescribing in high-risk groups is a major source of avoidable harm, study finds

The study estimated that the practice could have caused more than 6,000 lost years of good health across England over a ten-year period.…