Madeleine Foster, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer’s Clinical Fellow, presents a summary of the resources published by SPS between 11th and 17th January.

To easily find a list of newly published pages go to sps.nhs.uk, select ‘search’, click in the search bar, and press enter.

Quick links to highlighted resources:

Understanding polypharmacy, overprescribing and deprescribing

We explore the causes, consequences and tools to support pharmacy professionals in managing polypharmacy, overprescribing and deprescribing in practice.

https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/understanding-polypharmacy-overprescribing-and-deprescribing/

Covert administration of medicines: legal issues

A summary of key legal issues, a pathway of actions and links to national guidance to consider before administering medicines covertly to adults.

https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/covert-administration-of-medicines-legal-issues/

Assessment and storage of medicines for self-administration

Suitable medicines must be stored safely and securely in accordance with organisational policy, while still supporting self-administration

https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/assessment-and-storage-of-medicines-for-self-administration/

New Product Evaluations

A list of new product evaluations that are freely available to NHS staff.

https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/new-product-evaluations/

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Next events – forthcoming webinars and conferences

https://www.sps.nhs.uk/home/events/next-events/

Podcast description:

NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service serves healthcare professionals across the NHS who are involved in all aspects of buying, making and using medicines. Our motto is 'do once and share'.