| Cannabis Based Products For Pain |
Mar 2019 |
Letter to GPs, PBPs, CPs and Trust Chief Executives |
| Prescription Ordering Arrangements |
Sep 2018 |
Professional letter to CPs and GPs |
| Serious adverse incident: dispensing Paracetamol without Child Resistant Closure |
Aug 2018 |
Letter to Community Pharmacists, dispensing Doctors and GP practices |
| Risk Of Human Error With Robotic Dispensing Systems In Community Pharmacy |
Apr 2018 |
Learning Letter |
| Draft Pharmacy (Preparation And Dispensing Errors - Registered Pharmacies) Order 2018 |
Jan 2018 |
Summary Document |
| Fire Risk With Hedrin 4% Cutaneous Solution |
Jan 2018 |
Alert Letter |
| Patient Reminder Note For Special Order Medicines |
Mar 2017 |
Learning letter |
| Learning From Serious Adverse Incidents |
Feb 2017 |
HSCB Letter to Community Pharmacies |
| Awareness of pregabalin abuse/misuse in NI - Community Pharmacists |
Oct 2016 |
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| Awareness of pregabalin abuse/misuse in NI - General Pactice |
Oct 2016 |
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| Storage & Denaturing of Medicines for Disposal - Community Pharmacists |
Apr 2016 |
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| Hand written amendments to prescriptions |
Apr 2016 |
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| Patient counselling & generic medicines (Community Pharmacy) |
Jul 2015 |
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| Letter to community pharmacists re Further Dispensing Errors involving Beta Blockers |
Jul 2015 |
Note Appendix 1 to letter (issued to pharmacies in April 2014)
is not included (restricted issue) |
| Fraudulent Attempts to Obtain Medicines for Patients Detained in Prison |
Jul 2015 |
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| Communication between GPs and Community Pharmacies about patient clinical concerns |
Jul 2015 |
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| Over the Counter Medicines – Potential for abuse and misuse |
Jul 2015 |
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| Issuing duplicate prescriptions |
May 2015 |
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| Incidents involving newer oral anticoagulant (NOAC) dosing |
Feb 2015 |
HSCB Medicines Safety Advice Letter |
| Incidents Regarding Security of Prescription Pads |
Feb 2015 |
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| Transdermal Fentanyl Patches |
Feb 2015 |
HSCB Medicines Safety Advice Letter to CPs and GPs |
| Requesting And Dispensing Repeat Medicaltions |
Aug 2014 |
Learning Letter |
| Safer Ambulatory Syringe Drivers |
May 2014 |
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| Raising awareness about the newer oral anticoagulant medicines |
May 2014 |
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| Reducing dosage errors with opioid medicines - incomplete cross tolerance |
Mar 2014 |
HSCB Letter to CPs |
| Community Pharmacist communication with GPs and management of information from secondary care |
May 2013 |
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| Medication Requests for Care Homes |
Jan 2013 |
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| No.12 Patient harm following pregabalin overdose |
Jan 2013 |
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| Faxing Prescriptions |
Dec 2012 |
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| Validation Process for registration of Pharmacists |
Nov 2012 |
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| Misuse and diversion potential of pregabalin (Lyrica) |
Nov 2012 |
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| No.11 Anticholinergic syndrome |
Oct 2012 |
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| No.10 Risks with buccal midazolam |
Jun 2012 |
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| Prescribing, generating and dispensing repeat medications |
Mar 2012 |
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| No.9 Responsibility for prescribing & dispensing specialist medicines |
Jun 2011 |
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| Community Pharmacy Robbery |
Apr 2011 |
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| Supplying medicines without a prescription |
Jan 2011 |
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| No.8 Issuing duplicate prescriptions |
Oct 2010 |
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| No.5 Prescribing & dispensing medicines with a range of strengths & preparations |
Oct 2010 |
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| No.6 Risks when dispensing oral liquid medicines |
Sep 2010 |
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| No.4 Prescribing & dispensing controlled drugs |
Aug 2010 |
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| No.3 Risks when dispensing medicines into monitored dosage systems (GPs) |
Jul 2010 |
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| No.2 Learning from adverse events - Heparin |
Apr 2010 |
Medicines Safety Alert |
| Risks when dispensing medicines into monitored dosage systems (Community Pharmacies) |
Mar 2010 |
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| No.1 Clinical risk when issuing repeat and acute prescriptions |
Mar 2010 |
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