Rapid Update 1- August 2017: Alzheimer’s disease: increased risk of pneumonia observed in people treated with benzodiazepines

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Rapid Update 1- July 2017: Acute Kidney Injury (AKI): What are the effects of temporarily discontinuing medications to prevent AKI?

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Rapid Update 2- June 2017: NSAIDs and risk of acute myocardial infarction

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Rapid Update 2 – March 2017: Patient safety incidents involving sick children in primary care

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Rapid Update 2 – November 2016: Dementia: No reduction in antipsychotic prescribing in care homes 4 years after introduction of the National Dementia Strategy

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Gastrointestinal system: association between proton pump inhibitors and chronic kidney disease (Feb-16)

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Variations in Prescribing Safety in UK General Practices – Room for Improvement (Dec-15)

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NPC Archive Item: Electronic prescribing systems significantly reduce prescribing error rates

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. 23 April 2012 A study has shown that two commercial electronic prescribing systems were associated with a statistically significant reduction in total prescribing error rates (66.1%, 57.5% and 60.5% […]

NPC Archive Item: Study highlights the social complexity of GP repeat prescribing

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. 5 May 2011 An ethnographic case study of four GP practices found that repeat prescribing was a complex, technology-supported social practice, requiring collaboration between administrative staff and clinicians, with […]

NPC Archive Item: Improving medication safety for people in care homes

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. 13 September 2011 Summary In July 2011 the learning report from the Health Foundation project ‘Making care safer – Improving medication safety for people in care homes: thoughts and […]