NOTE – This is an archive post from the NPC and has not been updated since first publication. Therefore, some hyperlinks may no longer be working. A brief review of the medicines management news from the past month followed by a more detailed look at medicines reconciliation. [podcast]http://www.npc.nhs.uk/podcast/mm_may08.mp3[/podcast] Subscribe to the NPC podcast via the […]
Category Archives: Medicines management
NPC Archive Item: Medicines Management Self Assessment Toolkit – Mental Health
NOTE – This is an archive post from the NPC and has not been updated since first publication. Therefore, some hyperlinks may no longer be working. The toolkit, which was introduced in April and prepared by the National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIMHE), is designed to help Mental Health Trusts (MHTs) to review […]
NPC Archive Item: Improving emergency and inpatient care for people with diabetes
NOTE – This is an archive post from the NPC and has not been updated since first publication. Therefore, some hyperlinks may no longer be working. What is the background to this? Released by the National Diabetes Support Team in April 2008, ‘Improving emergency and inpatient care for people with diabetes’ is the report of […]
NPC Archive Item: Using healthcare professionals to deliver organisational improvements
NOTE – This is an archive post from the NPC and has not been updated since first publication. Therefore, some hyperlinks may no longer be working. What is the background to this? Primary Care Contracting, commissioned by the Department of Health, has published a number of case studies that highlight the innovative work being undertaken […]
NPC Archive Item: Pharmacy White Paper – Pharmacy in England: Building on strengths – delivering the future
NOTE – This is an archive post from the NPC and has not been updated since first publication. Therefore, some hyperlinks may no longer be working. What is the background to this? – On the 3rd April 2008, the Department of Health published its long-awaited White Paper on Pharmacy in England. The document sets out […]
NPC Archive Item: Medicines Reconciliation – Update & Extra Resource
NOTE – This is an archive post from the NPC and has not been updated since first publication. Therefore, some hyperlinks may no longer be working. The NPC’s guide to the implementation of medicines reconciliation was launched on the 29th February 2008. The purpose of the document is to give practical guidance to healthcare professionals, […]
NPC Archive Item: Awareness, agreement, adoption and adherence to hypertension guideline recommendations
NOTE – This is an archive post from the NPC and has not been updated since first publication. Therefore, some hyperlinks may no longer be working. Heneghan C, et al. Hypertension guideline recommendations in general practice: awareness, agreement, adoption, and adherence. BJGP 2007;57:948–52 What is the background to this? This study aimed to understand GPs’ […]