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Leaflets about drugs not valued by patients
Written information supplied with drugs is not valued by patients, according to a recent Health Technology Assessment report

News in brief

Draft guidelines on antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery have been published by the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network. Further information is available online

A new question and answer document clarifies aspects of the Department of Health’s guidance on practice-based commissioning that was released last November (2006).

A consultation to allow pharmacist independent prescribers to prescribe Controlled Drugs is under way.