Latest issue of Hampshire & IOW Medicines Optimisation Bulletin

Written by AlisonFreemantle on Friday 2nd September 2022

Issue 74 Provided by Hampshire & Isle of Wight ICB

The latest bulletin contains information on the following:

  1. Local dry eye guidelines now available via the GP portal
    • Includes recommendations for OTC
  2. Southern Health guidelines
  3. Oral anticoagulation (OAC) for non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) following NHSE direct-acting oral anticoagulant (DOAC) commissioning recommendations
  4. MHRA Drug Safety Update Aug 2022: Nebulised asthma rescue therapy in children: home use of nebulisers in paediatric asthma should be initiated and managed only by specialists
  5. MHRA Drug safety update July 2022: Topiramate in pregnancy
  6. NICE guidelines: Type 1 Diabetes in adults: Diagnosis and management
  7. NICE guidelines: Urinary tract infection in under 16s: diagnosis and management (NG224)

Download the bulletin here for more information and links: