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Category: Clinical

Older people

Pharmacist in virtual frailty ward significantly impacts patient care

Background Virtual wards were established by NHS England to provide hospital-level care at home, aiming to alleviat...

30 Aug 2024

Women's health

Implementing valproate safety measures demonstrate multiple improvements

Context Since 2018 valproate has been contraindicated in women of childbearing potential unless conditions of the Pregna...

23 Aug 2024

Critical Care

Dedicated pharmacy service in critical care shows significant impact

Context Standards exist for pharmacy support within critical care and it is mandated that these are met by 202...

21 Aug 2024

Respiratory

Developing an enhanced pharmacy-led adherence checking service within a severe asthma centre

Context Severe asthma causes significant symptom burden and impact on patients’ quality of life, and tradition...

06 Aug 2024

Medicines safety

Evaluating patient feedback of pharmacist consultations across multiple clinical outpatient specialties

Background Pharmacists are effective members of hospital multidisciplinary teams in both inpatient and outpatient settin...

31 Jul 2024

Women's health

New advice published on the use of topiramate

It is already known that topiramate increases birth defects in pregnancy, with the risk increasing from 1-3 in 100 child...

31 Jul 2024

a pregnant woman holding a pill and a glass of water

Respiratory

Monitoring ethambutol-induced optic neuropathy

Background Ethambutol-induced optic neuropathy poses a significant risk to patients, potentially leading to irreversible...

17 Jul 2024

Pain

Opioid deprescribing on discharge: An audit of post-surgery patients

Background Opioid misuse and deaths have focused attention on opioid availability and oversupply, alongside depende...

09 Jul 2024

Medicines safety

Closing the loop: Clinical prioritisation to improve patients’ medicines experience

Context The introduction of the electronic prescribing and medicines optimisation (EPMA) system three years ago dramatic...

02 Jul 2024

Clinical, Critical Care

Snapshot audit of medicines reconciliation activities across two intensive care units

Background Clinical pharmacy is an integral part of the critical care multi-disciplinary team (MDT), with documented evi...

28 Jun 2024

efficiency and productivity in a medical system

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