The Latest Prescribing Newsletter from Frimley ICB

The latest prescribing newsletter contains information on the following:

• Puberty blockers and young people
• NICE update
• Iron supplement prescribing
• MOTea save the date 24th July
• OptimiseRx saving opportunities– Luforbec
• Medicines safety– avoiding lookalike, sound-alike errors through safer prescribing support
• New service Early Onset Type 2 Diabetes Programme (EOT2D)
• MOCH corner– polypharmacy and medicines safety in care homes
• Children’s AMS survey
• Blood glucose test strips– formulary choices
• Formulary updates
• National patient safety alerts
• New documents on NHS Frimley Medicines Optimisation website
• May and June 2024 SCAN updates
• Polypharmacy patient facing resources: supporting patients to get the most out of their SMRs 
• MHRA alerts

Download here for more information and links:

• https://cpsc.org.uk/download_file/view/4687/3186