Give children the right start: new NSF published Child-centred
care, delivered seamlessly by the various professions involved, including pharmacists, is the
over-riding theme of the new "Getting the right start: National Service Framework (NSF)
for children"...[more]
Extra funding for hospital manufacturing Hospital manufacturing units in England are to be allocated a further £42m over the next three years...[more]
Hospital pharmacists could help community colleagues Hospital
pharmacists could help alleviate some of the problems FP10(HP)'s caused in the community, according
to preliminary research presented by Mike Wilcock, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro. In particular,
they could be a contact point for community pharmacists trying to query FP10(HP) prescriptions...[more]
Oral methotrexate Guidance on the dispensing and administration
of oral methotrexate is next on the medicines agenda of the National Patient Safety Agency, according
to Professor David Cousins Head of Safe Medication Practice at the NPSA...[more]
Guidance on drug administration via enteral feeding tubes from BAPEN Guidance
on administering drugs via enteral feeding tubes was launched by the British Association for
Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN) at a symposium at the Middlesex Hospital, London on
30 April...[more] |
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