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Prescribing

See our prescribing pharmacy training to improve your knowledge on medicine safety within pharmacies.

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Prescribing

CPPE: Prescribing course

CPPE’s course aims to support pharmacists looking to refresh their prescribing skills

05 Jan 2018 , 1 Min Article

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Services

A virtual GP surgery within a pharmacy

A pharmacist from Cambridge explains why he has opened a virtual GP surgery in his consulting room

20 Nov 2017 , 2 Min Article

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Heart health

Better prescribing could prevent thousands of strokes

Improved prescribing of anticoagulants, lipid-lowerers and antihypertensives could prevent 12,000 strokes a year

03 Jan 2017 , 1 Min Article

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Special requests

We take a look at recent developments in the specials market

01 Sep 2016 , 4 Min Article

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The five rules for prescribing specials

New guidance on prescribing specials from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society supports expert decision-making and high-quality patient care. P3 looks at implications for pharmacy

18 Jul 2016 , 3 Min Article

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Polypharmacy: part one

This CPPE module considers the role of pharmacy teams in understanding polypharmacy.

06 Apr 2016 , 900 Min Module

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Polypharmacy: part two

Optimising medicines in polypharmacy and adopting a patient-centred approach.

05 Apr 2016 , 900 Min Module

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Polypharmacy: part three

How to put your new and/or improved knowledge of polypharmacy into practice.

04 Apr 2016 , 900 Min Module

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Older people's health

Inequalities persist in dementia prescribing

A new study reveals that inequalities in anti-dementia drug (ADD) prescribing persist in England

18 Jan 2016 , 1 Min Article

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Nearly half of prescriptions trigger safety alerts

Nearly half of prescriptions issued trigger drug therapy alerts, researchers find

31 Dec 2015 , 1 Min Article

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Off-label drug use increases adverse reaction risk

Off-label use of prescription medicines increases the risk of adverse drug events, according to new research

18 Nov 2015 , 1 Min Article

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Approach to antibiotics needs to improve

There is much to do to meet the new NICE guidance on antimicrobial stewardship, says the UKCPA.

28 Oct 2015 , 1 Min Article

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Hospital prescribing errors "substantial"

Problem of prescribing errors in hospitals is “substantial”, pharmacist-led research finds

27 Jul 2015 , 1 Min Article

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Repeat dispensing

CPPE has developed a new e-learning programme on repeat dispensing.

01 Jan 2015 , 1 Min Article

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VTE linked to psoriasis and NSAIDs

Psoriasis and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) increase the risk of venous thromboembolism 

30 Sep 2014 , 1 Min Article

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Gastrointestinal

Scenario: Chlorpromazine in terminal cancer

Parveen is talking to Shelley King, who has a prescription for her father, who was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer

30 Sep 2014 , 1 Min Article

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