Tag: patient safety
UHDB pharmacy team shortlisted for national award for preventing hundreds of hospital readmissions
Thanks to the team's enhanced communications with community pharmacy teams, up to 760 hospital readmissions were prevented at UHDB since January 2023
Pharmacists at the University...
RPS launches largest edition of Medicines, Ethics and Practice
The MEP now incorporates guidance from the new RPS Patient Safety Professional standards
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has launched its latest edition of Medicines,...
Drug shortage: Kay-Cee-L syrup to be out of stock from late September
Healthcare providers are advised to prioritise remaining supplies of Kay-Cee-L syrup for patients requiring doses of less than 12mmol of potassium
The Department of Health...
Professor Reecha Sofat appointed as the new chair of PRSB
She will succeed Professor Maureen Baker CBE, who will step down after seven years as Chair of the PRSB
The Professional Records Standards Body (PRSB),...
NHS patient safety initiative: 143 hospitals across England to roll out Martha’s Rule
This programme has the opportunity to truly transform “patient care and safety”
NHS England has confirmed the initial sites that will test and implement Martha’s...
Community pharmacy patient safety group appoints new leadership
As community pharmacy expands services, the new CPPSG leaders to bolster patient safety
Jackie Giltrow and Jose Moss have been appointed as Chair and Vice-Chair...
