Medicines optimisation
West Middlesex University Hospital goes live with prescribing safety tech
West Middlesex University Hospital has gone live with a clinical decision support technology that has been proven to reduce prescribing…
The UK is losing the ageing medicine battle
Ageing medicine specialist, Dr Oskar Wenbar, explores the impacts of the UK’s hesitancy to tackle age-related health conditions, and what…
New digital systems addressing medicine dispensing safety
A new electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration system is set to be rolled out at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board,…
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust sets benchmark in technology adoption
Trust completes largest 'one-time' automation installation to date, following fitting of 45 Automated Dispensing Cabinets and 80 medicines dispensing trolleys…
We need to tackle the silent killer of prescribing errors
An estimated 237 million medication errors occur annually in the UK, leading to more than 180,000 excess NHS bed days…
Optimising medication management: lessons from an NHS Trust
Hardeep Bagga, Director of Pharmacy at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, discusses how best to manage the implementation…