Medicines are essential for treating illness but must be used safely to prevent harm. Everyone has a role in medication safety. By working together, we can protect patients and improve quality of care.
This page brings together key updates, guidance and resources for healthcare professionals in South East London
Resources to support Medication safety
Stay informed with medication safety guidance and information. Please note access to some of these resources require registration to access the information or receive notification:
- Drug Safety Updates: All past drug safety updates can be accessed here along with a sign up for e-mail updated for new drug safety updates.
- Patient Safety Alerts: To support safe prescribing, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) provides guidance for healthcare providers on handling patient safety concerns. For practical advice and expectations see GP Mythbuster 91- Patient Safety alerts
- Learn from patient safety events: Staff can record, access, and update patient safety events to support learning and improvement, including governance activities. Depending on access level, users can also view and down.
- MHRA yellow card reporting
For further information on Medication Safety, and support and guidance resources for Medication Safety Officers (MSOs), please see Specialist Pharmacy Services (SPS)
Local resources
See below additional local medicines safety guidance and updates:
For further information, updates and resources for primary go to SELnet.
