Apps Updates! – MicroGuide; NICE Guidance; CPPE; NICE BNF; NICE BNFc

Apps Updates! – MicroGuide; NICE Guidance; CPPE; NICE BNF; NICE BNFc

by Kazeem Olalekan MRPharmS If you follow our blog, you will know that we are passionate about apps (you know..iphone (OS), android and possibly others – I know Microsoft is working very hard to narrow the gap on its rivals – so when we get our hands

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New MUR Requirements

New MUR Requirements

by Kazeem Olalekan MRPharmS     The latest update to MUR requirements (1) which applied from the 1st of July is refreshing. If I was commissioning the service for the first time, this is what it might look like. Nonetheless, evolution is not a bad thing. The

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Boots and Walgreens

Boots and Walgreens

by Kazeem Olalekan MRPharmS The recent acquisition of 45% stake in Boots the Chemist by US Firm, Walgreen could be viewed as another good example of the special relationship between the US and the UK. It has been reported that the two companies have very little overlap.

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Transfer of Care – an update

Transfer of Care – an update

by Kazeem Olalekan MRPharmS The final report on the transfer of information about medicine when patients move between care setting has been published. It makes for an interesting read. The main recommendations are:     The report quoted an audit conducted in 2010 across 50 acute trusts

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The silence of the pips

The silence of the pips

by Kazeem Olalekan The publication of the final report  into the PIP debacle, by the NHS Medical Director, should signal the ‘silence of the pips’. The report is making it clear that: This report should at least silence the pips and bring reassurance to worried patients. The

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Urgent: (Action Required within 5 days) – MHRA Class 3 Alert: Cyclizine Lactate Injection 50mg/ 1ml ampoules

Urgent: (Action Required within 5 days) – MHRA Class 3 Alert: Cyclizine Lactate Injection 50mg/ 1ml ampoules

by Kazeem Olalekan MRPharmS Cyclizine Lactate Injection 50mg/ 1ml ampoules PL 00156/0096 Martindale Pharmaceuticals Ltd is recalling all remaining unexpired ampoules of the above discontinued product as a precautionary measure. This is due to a GMP concern at a third-party supplier and their own site. It is likely

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