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Kent & Medway Newsletters

Issues	Contents Summary
Issue 43 - February 2023	Best Practice Guidance for Care homes Ozempic prescribing Urgent Field Safety Notice: FreeStyle LibreLink App for Android and FreeStyle Libre 3 App for Android (all versions) Celebrating Advanced Practice Conference 17th March 2023 Shortages Medicines Supply Notification: Senokot® syrup and Senokot® 12 Years Plus syrup (both containing 7.5mg/5ml sennosides) NICE news February 2023
Issue 44 - March 2023	Launch of the Kent and Medway ICB Medicines Optimisation Webpage Dexcom ONE transmitters on EMIS formulary Group A Strep (GAS) guidance update and impact on MOS sore throat audit. Inhaler Spacer Device Prescribing Salbutamol Prescribing MDI to DPI Switch MHRA Metolazone Drug Safety Update Clinical Fellow Scheme Application Information NICE CG181 Update KMPT Video Guides for Patients on Medicines Information Medicines Optimisation MHRA Drug Safety Update – Jan and Feb 2023 MHRA Class 4 Defect Information- Venlafaxine 150mg,225mg and 300mg Shortages Summary March 2023
Issue 45 - April 2023	Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) Prepayment Certificate (PPC) Chronic Pain Resources Non-Medical Prescribing and Controlled Drugs Reminder on Oral Hygiene Prescribing Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey Genomics Webinar: Aminoglycosides Pharmacogenetic Testing West Kent PCN Pharmacy Support Network Learning Session Medicines Optimisation MHRA Drug Safety Update – March 2023 NICE News April 2023 Shortages Summary April 2023 MHRA - Class 4 Medicines Defect Information: Sandoz Limited, Co-amoxiclav 125/31.25mg/5ml, 250/62.5mg/5ml powder for oral suspension, EL (23)A/14
Issue 46 - May 2023	New Back-up (delayed) Antibiotic Prescribing Guidance New C.difficile Prescribing Guidance Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) Prescribing Guidelines Sharing Learning from a Serious Incident Potential Under-recognised Risk of Harm from the Use of Propranolol in Certain Patient Cohorts MHRA Drug Safety Updates AQUACEL Ag+ Upgrade Shortage information
Issue 47 - June 2023	Inclisiran (Leqvio®) update on QOF and funding Links to Formulary Websites and Document Sharing Platforms Prescribing in Pain Symposium Opioids – Safer Prescribing and Preferred Cost-effective Brands. Information for General Practice Free training for community pharmacists and practice base pharmacists Medicine Supply Notification – Shortage of Oxcarbazepine (Trileptal®) 300mg and 600mg tablets Medicine Supply Notification – Shortage of Glucagon 1mg powder for injection kit (GlucaGen®) (Novo Nordisk Ltd) Medicine Supply Notification – Shortage of Tresiba® (insulin degludec) FlexTouch 100units/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens (Novo Nordisk Ltd) MHRA Drug Safety Update May 2023 Shortages Summary NICE News
Issue 48 - July 2023	Kent and Medway position statement on Inclisiran (Leqvio®) MHRA Drug Safety Update June 2023 Medicine Recalls GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Shortage Gluten Free Prescribing in Kent and Medway NEWT guidelines subscription renewal Missed Savings Opportunity EOL medication Shortages Summary
Issue 49 - August 2023	Reducing the cost of OTC Prescriptions and freeing up Practice and Pharmacy time Vitamin B12 Prescribing in Kent and Medway Care Homes Best Practice Guidance Asthma training/engagement sessions Webinar on Lipids Management National Patient Safety Alert (NatPSA) – Potent Synthetic Opioids implicated in Heroin overdoses and deaths Adrenaline auto-injectors (AAIs) MHRA guidance MHRA Drug Safety Update August 2023 Medicine Recalls Shortages Summary NICE News August 2023
Issue 50 - September 2023	Hypomagnesaemia in Adults – New Primary Care Guidance New Oral Nutritional Supplement (ONS) Guidelines in Kent and Medway Kent and Medway Asthma Guidance Triptorelin Formulary Addition New guidelines and formulary changes for insulin pen needles, meters, test strips and lancets High strength insulin National Patient Safety Alert – Shortage of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists MHRA Drug Safety Update Shortages ADHD Medication Shortages The 16th Royal Marsden Opioid, Cannabinoid & Gabapentinoid Conference Using Skin Barriers with Sensors of Glucose Monitoring Systems
Issue 51 - October 2023	Update October 2023: Paediatric Asthma and Nebulisers Best Practice Guidance (BPG) for Care Homes Substance Misuse - Naloxone The Role of Inclisiran in Lipid Management Recommendations on the national supply disruption to ADHD medication Valproate containing products – October 2023 Drug Tariff update Pharmacists Epilepsy Education Group (PEEG) Antimicrobial Prescribing and Stewardship (APS) Competency Framework Serious Shortage Protocols for Clarithromycin MHRA Drug Safety Update – September 2023 Shortages Summary NICE News – October 2023
Issue 52 - November 2023	Kent & Medway Medicines Sustainability Re-Hale Project Direct Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs) – A Change to Improve Patient Safety Emollients and fire safety New Melatonin Guidelines in Kent and Medway Gastro-intestinal Anti-spasmodic Prescribing New Position Statement: Safe Prescribing of Injectable Medicines in Primary Care Addition of Actimorph orodispersible morphine to formularies and new Morphine Sulfate Liquid Guidance Addition of Methenamine Hippurate to the Kent and Medway Formulary Nitrofurantoin MHRA Drug Safety Update – New Supporting guidance for patients and prescribers Wegovy and risks of inadvertent prescribing and dispensing of injectable semaglutide Kent and Medway guidance on Emollient Prescribing MHRA Drug Safety Update Shortages Summary
Issue 53 - December 2023	Licensing of anastrozole for primary prevention of breast cancer Valproate: organisations to prepare for new regulatory measures for oversight of prescribing to new patients and existing female patients New Dementia Guidelines in Kent and Medway Kent and Medway List of New Approved Guidelines NIHR Evidence Webinar 30th January 2024: How can we reduce antibiotic use in primary care? Potential for inappropriate dosing of insulin when switching insulin degludec (Tresiba) products Potential contamination of some carbomer-containing lubricating eye products with Burkholderia cenocepacia - measures to reduce patient risk MHRA Drug Safety Update NICE News December 2023 Medicine Supply Notification: Bumetanide 1mg and 5mg tablets ADHD medicines supply disruption update Shortages Summary
Issue 54 - January 2024	Antibiotic Course Length Interaction of tramadol and warfarin Pregabalin and risk in pregnancy / Gabapentinoid prescribing FreeStyle Libre 3 Kent and Medway List of New Approved Guidelines MHRA Drug Safety Update Update to the NPSA on GLP-1 RAs Shortages
Issue 55 - February 2024	Mounjaro®▼ (tirzepatide) KwikPen® solution for injection Wegovy® (semaglutide) solution for injection for Weight Management Trurapi® (insulin aspart) 100units/ml solution for injection Fezolinetant (Veoza®) – not for NHS prescribing Prescribing of Armour Thyroid and other unlicensed desiccated thyroid extract (DTE) products Gluten Free Prescribing in Kent and Medway Reducing OTC Prescriptions in Primary Care East Kent HCP – KCHFT pilot: mucolytic drug holiday initiative MHRA Press Release – Pioneering genetic biobank to start recruiting patients on stroke prevention medicines MHRA Drug Safety Update – January 2024 NICE News – February 2024 Shortages Summary Shortage of Tegretol 200mg and 400mg prolonged release tablets ADHD medication availability and supply disruption update Riluzole availability

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