Prescribing Update Newsletter – November/December 2024

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

This month’s edition focuses on the new NICE/BTS/SIGN asthma guidance and highlights some examples of the work we have carried out on your behalf in 2024. It also includes information on key medicines availability issues, recent RDTC publications, and the dates of our upcoming demo and Q&A sessions on RDTC reports, publications, and resources.

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Prescribing Update Newsletter – October 2024

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

This month’s edition focuses on recent RDTC publications and the dates of our upcoming demo and Q&A sessions on RDTC reports, publications, and resources.

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Prescribing Update Newsletter – September 2024

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

This month’s edition focuses on Prescribing Data Surveillance, the updated Inhaler Carbon Impact Assessment Tool, and our recently published Safer Medication Use publication looking at propranolol in the treatment of anxiety. It also includes information on some key medicines availability issues, the dates of our upcoming demo and Q&A sessions on RDTC reports, publications, and resources, and another in the series of “Meet the Team” where you can get to know the people behind the work we do.

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Prescribing Update Newsletter – July 2024

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

This month’s edition focuses on recent RDTC publications and the dates of our upcoming demo and Q&A sessions on RDTC reports, publications, and resources.

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Prescribing Update Newsletter – June 2024

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

This month’s edition focuses on new medicines for Alzheimer’s disease and our forthcoming evaluation report looking at the potential impact to the North of England, and our recent Medicines Value Update on Metformin 1 g Instant Release Tablets. It also includes information on some key medicines availability issues, the dates of our upcoming demo and Q&A sessions on RDTC reports, publications, and resources, and another in the series of “Meet the Team” where you can get to know the people behind the work we do.

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Prescribing Update Newsletter – April 2024

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

This month’s edition focuses on the latest of our Strategic Insights publications “Social Prescribing: Evidence and Outcomes”, and our Medicines in Practice publication “Optimised prescribing of oral iron supplements for iron deficiency anaemia”. It also includes information on some key medicines availability issues, the dates of our upcoming demo and Q&A sessions on RDTC reports, publications, and resources, and another in the series of “Meet the Team” where you can get to know the people behind the work we do.

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Prescribing Update Newsletter – March 2024

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

This month’s edition focuses on recent RDTC publications and the dates of our upcoming demo and Q&A sessions on RDTC reports, publications, and resources.

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Prescribing Update Newsletter – February 2024

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

This month’s edition focuses on the added features and updates to the RDTC Medicines Optimisation Opportunities Dashboard, and the updated version of the Inhaler Carbon Impact Assessment Tool. It also includes information on some key medicines availability issues, the dates of our upcoming demo and Q&A sessions on RDTC reports, publications, and resources, and another in the series of “Meet the Team” where you can get to know the people behind the work we do.

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Prescribing Update Newsletter – December 2023

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

This month’s edition focuses on our new NHS Medicines Optimisation Opportunities Dashboard, and our Strategic Insight publication: Defining the type-2 diabetic population: a first step to understanding the impact of pathway choices. There is also information on serious shortage protocols, some key medicines availability issues, and the dates of our upcoming demo and Q&A sessions on RDTC reports, publications, and resources.  It also includes another in the series of “Meet the Team” where you can get to know the people behind the work we do.

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Prescribing Update Newsletter – September 2023

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

This month’s edition focuses on our Medicine Value bulletins, the environmental impact of inhaler disposal, and the recent National Patient Safety Alert on the shortage of ADHD medications. It also includes another in the series of “Meet the Team” where you can get to know the people behind the work we do. There is also information on serious shortage protocols, some key medicines availability issues, UK product launches, and the RDTC attendance at the forthcoming Clinical Pharmacy Congress (CPC) in November.

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