Medicines and Healthcare products Regulation Agency (MHRA) and through the Central Alerting System (CAS). MHRA Drug Safety Updates and Drug and Device Alerts MHRA Drug Safety Updates and Drug and Device Alerts include information about defective medicines/devices, side effects associated with medicines and information sent to healthcare professionals from product manufacturers which all require to be acted upon and actioned within required timescales by GP practices. There is also a drug safety update monthly newsletter available for healthcare professionals, bringing information and clinical advice on the safe use of medicines. These can be accessed from the following links below and you can also subscribe to email alerts. Drug Safety Updates Drugs and Medical Devices Some of these can also be accessed from the Central Alerting System (CAS). It is the practice’s responsibility to monitor these updates and take appropriate action in a timely manner. Current updates relevant to Primary Care will also be highlighted at locality prescribing meetings. The practice should have a well-defined audit trail in place to evidence the review and updating of search results on a regular basis. As all practices receive MHRA Drug Safety Updates ENHCCG Medicines Optimisation Team will only inform prescribers when there is additional local information relevant to an alert. This will take the form of a suggested search strategy to identify patients potentially affected by the alert. Previously PMOT have developed some SystmOne (reports) and Emis Web (searches) related to specific MHRA Drug Safety Updates. These are accessed as follows: SystmOne (reports) – the reports will be published to all ENHCCG practices and will be available within the following category: ENHertsCCG \ Medicines Management Ardens – there are example searches for some significant alerts (clinical These have been selected by Ardens and reporting > Ardens > best practice). should not be assumed to be a complete list. EMIS Web (searches) – have been emailed to the GP practice and will need importing into each practice unit manually using the accompanying user guide.
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulation Agency (MHRA) and through the Central Alerting System (CAS). MHRA Drug Safety Updates and Drug and Device Alerts MHRA Drug Safety Updates and Drug and Device Alerts include information about defective medicines/devices, side effects associated with medicines and information sent to healthcare professionals from product manufacturers which all require to be acted upon and actioned within required timescales by GP practices. There is also a drug safety update monthly newsletter available for healthcare professionals, bringing information and clinical advice on the safe use of medicines. These can be accessed from the following links below and you can also subscribe to email alerts. Drug Safety Updates Drugs and Medical Devices Some of these can also be accessed from the Central Alerting System (CAS). It is the practice’s responsibility to monitor these updates and take appropriate action in a timely manner. Current updates relevant to Primary Care will also be highlighted at locality prescribing meetings. The practice should have a well-defined audit trail in place to evidence the review and updating of search results on a regular basis. As all practices receive MHRA Drug Safety Updates ENHCCG Medicines Optimisation Team will only inform prescribers when there is additional local information relevant to an alert. This will take the form of a suggested search strategy to identify patients potentially affected by the alert. Previously PMOT have developed some SystmOne (reports) and Emis Web (searches) related to specific MHRA Drug Safety Updates. These are accessed as follows: SystmOne (reports) – the reports will be published to all ENHCCG practices and will be available within the following category: ENHertsCCG \ Medicines Management Ardens – there are example searches for some significant alerts (clinical reporting > Ardens > best practice). These have been selected by Ardens and should not be assumed to be a complete list. EMIS Web (searches) – have been emailed to the GP practice and will need importing into each practice unit manually using the accompanying user guide.
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