RPS Wales Palliative and End of Life Care Policy
19th December 2018
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) in Wales, has published a policy document on pharmacy’s contribution to improved patient care for people living with life-limiting conditions. The policy focuses on making sure patients can access the full range of pharmacy expertise, maximising safe and appropriate medicines care as part of multidisciplinary care models and it aligns with the Welsh Government and NHS Wales’s Palliative and End of Life Care Delivery Plan, published in March 2017.
NICE guidelines for COPD updated
14th December 2018
NICE Guideline NG115, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in over 16s: diagnosis and management, has been published and replaces clinical guideline CG101 (2010).
AWMSG approves tiotropium
14th December 2018
The All Wales Medicines Strategy Group (AWMSG) has approved the use of tiotropium (Spiriva® Respimat®) as an option for use within NHS Wales as add-on maintenance bronchodilator treatment in patients aged ≥6years with severe asthma who experienced one or more severe asthma exacerbations in the preceding year.
Palliative Care Formulary migration to MedicinesComplete - January 2019
11th December 2018
As you will now be aware, we are making some important changes to the way you access the current on-line Palliative Care Formulary. If you are an on-line formulary subscriber you will shortly receive details about how to access your updated formulary account on MedicinesComplete in January 2019.
Please note that only access to the Palliative Care Formulary will be moving over to the MedicinesComplete platform.
The Bulletin board, Document Library, News, Surveys and the Syringe Driver Survey Database (SDSD) will continue to be available at www.palliativedrugs.com. The site will also contain a link to the Palliative Care Formulary on the MedicinesComplete platform.
Once you have received your updated login instructions you will need to complete migration to your updated account on MedicinesComplete by 1st February 2019 when access via the palliativedrugs.com site will be switched off.
If you have any questions regarding the migration then please contact hq@palliativedrugs.com
Recent news
- Palliative Care Formulary available via the Association for Palliative Medicine (APM)
- NICE draft guideline for cannabidiol for Dravet syndrome
- NICE draft guideline for cannabidiol for Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
- NICE draft guideline for Cannabis-based medicinal products
- EMA adopts a positive opinion for Epidyolex
- Updated BTS/SIGN asthma guideline published
- Joint position statement on the decision by WHO to withdraw guidance documents
- Neuropathic pain in adults: updated NICE guidance
- BETTER- B breathlessness survey- last chance to complete
- Safer management of controlled drugs
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