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Volume 11 – 2020

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Issue 7- December 2020Priadel® brand will remain in stock; Bricanyl® DPI: Ensure Correct Product is Prescribed and Coded; Hospital Supplied Specialist Medicines now on NIECR; NICE Guidance — Northern Ireland Service Notifications; Managed Entry Decisions Download
Alogliptin Supplement-December 2020Review / ‘Switch’ Tool; Background; Cost of DPP-4 inhibitors; Alogliptin review tool — what a local practice did Download
Issue 6-November 2020Naproxen EC to Plain Switch could save £0.6 million; FreeStyle Libre® 2 Sensor; Safety Lancets; Building the Community-Pharmacy Partnership Programme; NICE Guidance — NI Service Notifications; Managed Entry Decisions Download
Specials Supplement 2020The cost of ‘specials’; Legal issues; Swallowing difficulties and feeding tubes; ‘Specials’ manufacturers and suppliers; HSC Agreed List of Paediatric Liquid Formulations; Hepa-Merz; Melatonin; Levomepromazine 6mg tablets; Omeprazole, lansoprazole, ranitidine; Vitamin D; Dermatology ‘specials’;Ophthalmology ‘specials’; COMPASS reports; Actions for healthcare professionals Download
Insulin Supplement November 2020v2Insulin safety in primary care supplement, patient involvement, dosage instructions, interface communication, registered establishments, high strength insulins, training resources Download
Issue 5- October 2020Swallowing difficulties and thickening agents; lipid management & Ezetimibe; Gabapentinoids NOT RECOMMENDED for low back pain/sciatica; Every report counts & #medsafetyweek; Managed entry decisions Download
Issue 4 -September 2020Barrier Skin Products - When to use? ; NI Formulary Dressing of Choice: Aquacel® Extra; Query Anything Unusual; Deprescribing Reminder: Quinine; Revised SPC: REVAXIS®; NICE Guidance — NI Service Notifications; Managed Entry Decisions Download
PCE bulletin 2020Antimicrobials; PPIs; Nutrition; Cows milk allergy; Opioids; chronic non-malignant pain; Tapentadol; Pregabalin; gabapentin; Hypnotics; anxiolytics;Mefenamic acid;DEPRESCRIBING;Stop / Limited evidence list;Bladder antimuscarinics;Oral bisphosphonates; Vitamins; Lidocaine plasters;Methocarbamol;Generic prescribing;levetiracetam;Topical corticosteroids;Oral contraceptive pills;Lamotrigine dose optimisation;Atorvastatin 30mg and 60mg;LHRH analogues;Gliptins;Insulin / GLP-1 needles;Glucose and ketone test strips;Stool antigen test; Hepa-Merz® Download
Issue 3 - July 2020Risky Opioid Combinations; Shortages information;Rivastigmine patches: risk of errors;Manevac shortage Download
Tapentadol SupplementTapentadol audit Download