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Medication safety

Ensure as a pharmacist you're putting the patient first by staying up to date with the latest medication safety news and patient safety training courses.

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Coroner: Mechanic bought overdose medicines without wholesale licence

Business owner used trade account to 'bulk buy' paracetamol, coroner finds.

03 Nov 2025 , 2 Min Article

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National investigation launched into ‘skinny jab’ hospitalisations

MHRA launches study as hundreds of GLP-1 users hospitalised

27 Jun 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Rethinking co-drug names could prevent errors

Standardised nomenclature for combination formulations could prevent errors, new research suggests.

16 Dec 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Coroner urges pharmacy to review Easter dispensing after overdose death

Elderly woman received excess diazepam and codeine due to Easter bank holiday, says coroner

28 Nov 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Scottish nurse died after buying Mounjaro from online pharmacy

Weight loss injections listed as a contributing factor in Susan McGowan's death.

11 Nov 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Woman died after taking medicine from husband’s ‘identical’ dosette box

Pharmacy bodies respond to coroner's report on Berkshire woman's death

16 Oct 2024 , 1 Min Article

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‘Advance’ methadone dispensing contributed to overdose death, says coroner

Coroner questions pharmacy's decision to 'use discretion' when dispensing methadone

20 Aug 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Patient safety: part eight

The eighth and final module in this series looks at the second victim phenomenon, in conjunction with CPPE.

14 Apr 2021 , 2 Min Module

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Patient safety: part seven

Part seven of this CPPE series looks at different tools that can be used to improve patient safety.

10 Mar 2021 , 5 Min Module

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Patient safety: part six

Part six of this series looks at the effectivness of huddles with regards to improving patients saftey.

08 Feb 2021 , 3 Min Module

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Patient safety: part five

Part five of this series looks at patient involvement and safety campigns.

12 Jan 2021 , 3 Min Module

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Patient safety: part four

The fourth module in this series looks at patient safety, reporting and analysis.

10 Dec 2020 , 6 Min Module

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Patient safety: part three

Part three of this series provides an understanding of safety culture and some of the models that influence it.

18 Nov 2020 , 4 Min Module

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Greener schemes in pharmacy

From blister packs to PPE, the range of pharmacy items that can now be recycled is growing all the time. 

12 Nov 2020 , 4 Min Article

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Patient safety: part two

Part two of patient safety considers the basic principles of the London Protocol and wider causes of patient safety incidents.

13 Oct 2020 , 4 Min Module

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Patient safety: part one

This CPPE module considers patient safety and helps pharmacy technicians understand what is meant by a safety culture.

11 Sep 2020 , 3 Min Module

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