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Medication safety

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What's their poison?

From methanol in alcoholic drinks to taking too much medication by mistake, there is a greater risk of being poisoned accidentally than many of us realise.

12 Feb 2026

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Beyond addiction

Opioids can be highly effective for pain relief in the short-term, but long-term use can lead to several negative impacts on one’s health.

12 Mar 2025

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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

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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

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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

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Patient safety: part five

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

12 Jan 2021

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Patient safety: part four

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

10 Dec 2020

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Deprescribing

This module provides an overview of managing inappropriate polypharmacy.

26 May 2020

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Improving patient safety: lithium

This CPD module provides an overview of bipolar disorder and information on how to support patients taking lithium.

14 Jan 2020

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Antimicrobial Resistance

This CPD module looks at antimicrobial resistance and the pharmacy team's role in tackling this patient safety threat.  

14 Oct 2019

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Renal therapeutics: part two

Part two of this renal therapeutics CPPE module looks at the effects of medicines and how ADME are affected in patients.

13 Sep 2019

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Patient safety part two

This is the second CPPE module in our series on patient safety, defining adverse events and explaining the different levels of harm. 

23 Apr 2018

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