Monthly Horizon Scanning Report – March 2021
Monthly horizon scanning reports are designed to inform the NHS about new products, significant changes to product licenses, significant new guidance, and decisions that have been made by recognised bodies.
This information is produced for use by NHS healthcare professionals.
Monthly Horizon Scanning Report – Feb 2021
Monthly horizon scanning reports are designed to inform the NHS about new products, significant changes to product licenses, significant new guidance, and decisions that have been made by recognised bodies.
This information is produced for use by NHS healthcare professionals.
Comparison of LAMA/LABA inhalers (update February 2021)
Comparison tables are produced for prescribers and medicines management teams. They are designed to assist in prescribing and decision-making within a specific therapeutic area.
Long-acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMAs) and long-acting beta2 agonists (LABAs) are available in a variety of combination inhaler devices. This comparison table allows prescribers and other healthcare professionals to easily compare the characteristics of these medicines.
For information on the carbon impact of inhalers, see our Prescribing for Population Health publications.
Prescribing Update Newsletter – January 2021
Prescribing support newsletters aim to inform readers of work done by the unit and work in progress, to help tailor local work plans and highlight any ‘topical’ issues in prescribing or medicines management.
If you have any suggestions for future topics for the newsletter, then please contact nuth.nyrdtc.rxsupp@nhs.net
Monthly Horizon Scanning Report – Jan 2021
Monthly horizon scanning reports are designed to inform the NHS about new products, significant changes to product licenses, significant new guidance, and decisions that have been made by recognised bodies.
This information is produced for use by NHS healthcare professionals.
Impact of Priadel Price Change on CCG Prescribing Budgets
This bulletin aims to raise awareness of the NHS price increase for Priadel® (lithium carbonate) tablets as of November 2020 and the resulting cost impact to primary care. While discussions between the DHSC and the manufacturer of Priadel have prevented its discontinuation from the UK market at this stage, the renegotiated price in November 2020 has seen the cost more than double from December 2020.
There are three versions of this publication; please select the appropriate version for your region below.
Cardiovascular outcomes associated with SGLT2 inhibitors (update 2)
Overview
Medicines in Practice is a series of evidence–based publications specifically designed to support stakeholder medicines optimisation services. The series aims to maximise health gains through the optimum use of medicines, by influencing and changing prescribing behaviour.
The sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors canagliflozin, dapagliflozin, empagliflozin and ertugliflozin are licensed for the improvement of glycaemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes, a population at increased risk of cardiovascular events. Recent clinical trials and cohort studies have assessed whether the SGLT2 inhibitors reduce this risk.
Download the full review below to read more.
Monthly Horizon Scanning Report – Dec 2020
Monthly horizon scanning reports are designed to inform the NHS about new products, significant changes to product licenses, significant new guidance, and decisions that have been made by recognised bodies.
This information is produced for use by NHS healthcare professionals.
Prescribing Update Newsletter – November 2020
Prescribing support newsletters aim to inform readers of work done by the unit and work in progress, to help tailor local work plans and highlight any ‘topical’ issues in prescribing or medicines management.
If you have any suggestions for future topics for the newsletter, then please contact nuth.nyrdtc.rxsupp@nhs.net