UK Medicines Information
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The 28th annual UK Medicines Information conference
was held at Chester College from 19 to 21 September. The theme was
“Perspectives in patient safety”. Dr Simon Wills, head
of Wessex Drug and Medicines Information Centre, reports
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UK Medicines Information website
Mr Golightly told participants that the UKMi website
had been redesigned and many new features added since its inception
last year. It is available at www.ukmi.nhs.uk
and the contents include:
- A database of frequently asked questions
- Appraisals of new medicines and medicines in
development (with the National Prescribing Centre)
- One stop reference shop — a guide to medicines
appraisals and guidelines from the literature or health care bodies
in British National Formulary category order
- Horizon scanning (products in research, patent
expiries for medicines, changes to SPCs)
- News related to medicines and health care (registration
for free daily e-mail possible)
- Index to national and international guidelines
on disease management
- Toolkits to assist with the implementation of
national service frameworks
- Assistance with commencing or understanding
health care research
- Advice on legal and ethical aspects of information
provision (with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the Pharmaceutical
Services Negotiating Committee)
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Tackling medication errors: learning from our mistakes
Peter Golightly, chairman UK Medicines Information (UKMi) pharmacists
group, updated participants on progress being made with the national competency
framework for medicines information...[more]
Important potential alliance between UKMi and NPSA The problem
with the medication errors that make the newspaper headlines is that most
of them have happened before and people have not learned from others’
mistakes...[more]
An air traffic control perspective A key area of concern within
error prevention is the study of human error, to minimise its impact on
system safety...[more]
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