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Infection

What’s new in antimicrobial stewardship?

In this article, we report the highlights of the event. NHS England’s AMR priorities Dr Kieran Hand, Prescribing & C...

08 Dec 2023

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Genomics

Pharmacy’s guide to genomic medicine

Genomic medicine involves utilising our knowledge of the effect of genomic variation to inform the clinical care of an i...

19 Oct 2023

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Infection

Which is better for sepsis patients: continuous or intermittent meropenem administration?

Meropenem, a potent broad-spectrum β-lactam antibiotic, is commonly prescribed to combat severe bacterial infections in ...

15 Aug 2023

Surgery

Why are strong opioids and gabapentinoids continued after hospital discharge?

Ten percent of patients with acute post-operative pain will develop chronic pain in the months following surge...

18 May 2023

Cardiovascular

The challenges and management options for hyperkalaemia in Heart Failure

However, monitoring is often suboptimal and hyperkalaemia often inappropriately managed. Reference ranges may show ...

13 Mar 2023

Older people

The success of an interdisciplinary frailty team

The project launched in January 2022 with the aim of providing focused comprehensive geriatric assessments to care home ...

09 Jan 2023

Medicines safety

5 ways to improve learning from medication incidents

Within our local Trust the majority of learning was historically in the form of a monthly email bulletin sent to all pre...

27 Jul 2022

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Women's health

Menopause in the workplace

Menopause is in the spotlight at the moment and about time too. There are 3.5 million women over the age of 50 in the wo...

25 Mar 2022

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Respiratory

What value does a pharmacist bring in optimising severe asthma?

The work described here was presented at the UKCPA Virtual Conference Poster Day 2021 Clinicians must frequently r...

26 Aug 2021

Neurosciences

Local trial of erenumab for chronic migraine shows therapeutic benefits

The work described here was presented at the UKCPA Virtual Conference Poster Day 2021 Erenumab is a human monoclonal ant...

26 Aug 2021

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