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Guideline News June 2025
Posted: Monday, July 7, 2025
Category - Medicines Update
GGC Medicines Update is a series of blogs with important medicines related messages relevant to all healthcare professionals across GGC.
Please note, Medicines Update blogs are correct at the time of publication.
Medicines Update blogs remain on the website for 4 years. If you would like a copy of a blog published more than 4 years ago, please contact ggc.medicines.update@nhs.scot.
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Posted: Monday, July 7, 2025
Category - Medicines Update
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Posted: Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Category - Medicines Update
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Posted: Thursday, June 26, 2025
Category - Medicines Update
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Cardiovascular diseases cause more than a quarter of all deaths in Scotland, the second most common cause of death after cancer.
The Cardiovascular Risk Factors Programme, launched in April 2025, aims to address this challenge with the goal of reducing avoidable premature CVD deaths by 20% in 20 years.
To support implementation of the programme a 'National cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention and risk factors toolkit' has been created on the Right Decision Service website.
Posted: Thursday, June 26, 2025
Category - Medicines Update
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Posted: Thursday, June 26, 2025
Category - Medicines Update
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Posted: Thursday, June 12, 2025
Category - Medicines Update
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The emollients section of the NHSGGC Adult Medicines Formulary has been updated in line with recommendations from a SLWG of dermatologists, GPs, specialist nurses and pharmacists.
Posted: Monday, June 9, 2025
Category - Medicines Update
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Posted: Friday, May 30, 2025
Category - Medicines Update
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Posted: Thursday, May 29, 2025
Category - Medicines Update
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Posted: Friday, May 23, 2025
Category - Medicines Update
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ALL NHSGGC mental health policies will move to the MyPsych toolkit which is hosted within the Right Decisions Service (RDS) app and website
Effective from Wednesday 21st May 2025