General practitioners are now “prescribing” parkrun for their patients as part of a social prescribing initiative to promote preventative care. But in The BMJ today, Dr Margaret McCartney argues that… read more.
29th EAHP Congress highlights Prescribing by hospital pharmacists is now well-established in a number of countries and there is evidence that stakeholders take a positive view of this… read more.
With its emphasis on opioid overdose prevention, the first guideline for primary care providers from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on prescribing opioids for acute pain in children and… read more.
There’s limited evidence to back up the widespread and increasing rates of prescribing mood-altering drugs (psychotropics) as the mainstay of mental health treatment for children and young people,… read more.
Prescribing non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to people at high risk of harm from them is estimated to cost the NHS in England around £31 million and cause more… read more.
Implementing a single shared digital prescribing record across the NHS in England could avoid nearly 1 million drug errors every year, stopping up to 16,000 fewer patients from… read more.
For adults hospitalized for alcohol-related reasons, receiving a prescription for an alcohol use disorder (AUD) medication at the time of discharge may lower their risk of return to… read more.
Reena Barai is a community pharmacist and owner of the family business, SG Barai Pharmacy in Sutton in Surrey. In this series of short videos, she describes how… read more.
On the whole the implementation of Pharmacy First has been a positive experience with lots of support from local GPs, says community pharmacist Reena Barai, However, community pharmacy… read more.
The preparation for Pharmacy First Services was intense and so far, the systems put in place and the relationships nurtured have served the pharmacy well, community pharmacist Reena… read more.
Reena Barai is a community pharmacist and owner of the family business, SG Barai Pharmacy in Sutton in Surrey. This year she and her pharmacy team have been… read more.
Dependence on pain medication is on the rise due to lack of vigilance by medical professionals, according to a new study from the University of Surrey. Patients dependent… read more.
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