MHRA Drug Safety Update for January 2022
MHRA Drug Safety Update January 2022
Posted: Monday, January 31, 2022
Category - Medicines Update
Latest Medicines Updates & News
Formulary Update (January 2022)
Posted: Monday, January 31, 2022
Category - Formulary Update
Primary Care Prescribing Guidance – Wound Care Protectors for lower limbs
Posted: Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Category - Medicines Update
- Seal-Tight ™ wound care protectors are included in the NHSGGC Wound formulary for use on chronic lower limb wounds
- They are not to be prescribed for patients who can remove compression hosiery or wound dressings and reapply independently after bathing or patients with fracture casts.
Provision of contraception during COVID-19: Update Jan 2022
Posted: Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Category - Medicines Update
Hospital Medicines added to GP practice prescription record
Posted: Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Category - Medicines Update
Adding “outside” medicines (those prescribed and supplied outside the practice) to patient prescriptions will result in:
- Safer prescribing: prescription record is complete allowing GP practice clinical decision support to flag drug interactions
- Increased patient safety: these medicines appear in the Emergency Care Summary (ECS)
- Improved medicines reconciliation: due to more complete record of prescribing in ECS
Guideline News December 2021
Posted: Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Category - Medicines Update
Guideline News December 2021
Key Medicine Shortages – December 2021
Posted: Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Category - Medicines Update
Key Medicine Shortages for December 2021
Formulary Update (December 2021)
Posted: Thursday, December 16, 2021
Category - Formulary Update
This post summarises the latest NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde decisions relating to new medicines assessed by SMC and considered by the Area Drug and Therapeutics Committee (ADTC) and uses a nationally developed format specifically aimed for patients and the public.
For full details of the medicines included in this post that are available for use, including any restrictions on prescribing, please see the relevant entry in the GGC Formulary
Antiretrovirals for the treatment of HIV in Acute
Posted: Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Category - Medicines Update
Antiretrovirals for the treatment of HIV in Acute.
Formulary Update (November 2021)
Posted: Friday, November 26, 2021
Category - Formulary Update