NHS Borders Prescribing Bulletin
NHS Borders Prescribing Bulletin is a quarterly update for prescribers - updating on services, changes, new inclusions and exclusions as well as Prescribing Efficiency information.
If you would like to request information or an article be included in the Prescribing Bulletin, please contact the Editorial Team at prescribing.bulletin@borders.scot.nhs.uk.
Prescribing Bulletins:-
March 2024
In this issue: Anti-coagulant counselling – new patient resources; Co-trimoxazole – an update of indications; Medicines in Compliance Aids stability tool; Compost corner – our green issues; E-cigarette use – reporting of safety concerns; Quick and easy access to journal articles; Serial prescribing feedback.
December 2023
In this issue: Right Decisions for Health Care; Serial prescriptions; Co-prescribing of cationic drugs and tetracyclines; Compost corner – our green issues; Some quick one liners; East Region Formulary update; H&SC partnership pharmacy team; Patient Information Leaflets; Your thoughts please – a quick survey.
September 2023
In this issue: Safety alert potent synthetic opioids; Atomoxetine shortages; Formulary updates; GLP shortages; Going Green; Prescribing Projects; Pride in Pharmacy; Some quick one liners; Palliative Care Pointers.
June 2023
In this issue: Vitamin B12 Deficiency; Lidocaine 5% Plasters; A Green Escape Plan; Pharmacy First Scotland Data; One or Two Quick Paragraphs; East Region Formulary Update.
March 2023
In this issue: Pharmaceutical Waste & Recycling; Smokers ‘Quit and Win’; Update on Clozapine; HRT Shortage Advice; Some Quick One-Liners; Metolazine Information
December 2022
In this issue : NHS Pharmacy First Scotland – Updated Patient Group Directions; Some Quick One Liners; Formulary Updates – Mental Health; Valproate Reminder; NHS Borders Prescribing Strategy Projects.
September 2022
In this issue: Focus on fosfomycin; Some Quick One Liners; What’s in a name – do not use the pharmacy text function; MHRA drug safety updates; Liraglutide; Unplanned closures in community pharmacy; Keeping patients safe; Prednisolone – Plain vs Soluble.
June 2022
In this issue: Antiepileptic medicines in pregnancy; East Regional Formulary Updates; Some Quick One Liners; Support for Ukrainian displaced persons; Community Pharmacy Urgent Supplies – agree local guidelines for use; Pharmacy First - 2 years on.
March 2022
In this issue: Pharmacy Services; East Regional Formulary Updates; Some Quick One Liners; Serial Prescribing & MCR; Prescribing LES Update for 2022; You said…… Prescribing Bulletin survey results; Prescribing Efficiency Program 2022; Contraception Bridging from Pharmacy
December 2021
In this issue: Pharmacy First management of UTIs; Care Optimisation in COPD; Insulin Prescribing; Some Quick One Liners; SPRING Social Prescribing Network; Patient Information Cards; Have Your Say (bulletin feedback)
September 2021
In this issue: Mupirocin Nasal Ointment (Bactroban); Pharmacy First – New PGDs; Some quick one liners; East Region Joint Prescribing Formulary; Community Pharmacy Palliative Care Network; Datix reporting
June 2021
In this issue: Yellow Card Scheme annual report 2019-20; Emergency Supplies – a reminder; Quick One Liners; What A Waste; Stoma Management Products; Pharmacy First - One Year On
March 2021
In this issue: Vitamin D loading doses; COVID-19 vaccine summary information; Quick one liners; Medicine Safety Portal; Borders Joint Formulary changes