Medicines reconciliation

‘Medicines reconciliation’ is the process of accurately listing a resident’s medicines. Following several recent medication errors, please can home managers and clinical leads remind their staff about the importance of ‘medicines reconciliation’ when residents come...

Tramadol and warfarin

A coroner has called for action to raise awareness of the interaction between tramadol and warfarin, after a Hertfordshire patient taking the combination died from a brain bleed in January 2021.The woman had been prescribed tramadol for lower back pain and had also...

Conotrane Cream update

Conotrane Cream is Hertfordshire & West Essex  Integrated Care System ( HWEICS ) first line barrier cream ICS wound care products formulary. Due to a change in manufacturer and subsequent availability issues Conotrane cream was removed from GP prescribing systems...