Learning Fundamentals
Try the 6 Ws and the 6 Hs (W>W>H>H>W>W>H>H>W>W>H>H)…
Deliveries of pharmacy medicines by volunteers?
The scheme that NHS England launched to enable volunteers to deliver pharmacy medicines may result in prosecution if there is a fatal misstate made or bad advice given. The patient might ask “how do I take these?” Or “are these safe with my other medicines? The medicine could be diverted or delivered to the wrong door…
Should you buy a pulse oximeter to measure your blood oxygen saturation?
There is a lot of talk about measuring blood oxygen saturation at home using pulse oximeters to give early warning of COVID-19 symptoms and to allow the early presentation at hospital. If testing at home, you need to know what is normal and ideally the testing should be part of a management plan and under the supervision of a healthcare professional…
Are Certain Online Pharmacies putting their Patients at Risk?
In March, Public Health England announced that Coronavirus ‘home’ testing kits were not approved and there was no evidence to suggest the efficacy of such tests…
The World Health Organisation has now launched the Solidarity Trial
The solidarity trial has been launched to help develop treatments for Covid-19. The trial will result in current medicines with other licensed indications being used “off label “….
Professor Stephen Powes said during the Governments Sunday Press conference
The Isle of Wight will be trialling the new Covid-19 App, often the Island is used as a testbed as they have a defined set of variables which can be controlled. The Island has 140,000 people and this is a good size to carry out a trial. Sixty per cent of the islanders will have to download the app to make the trial effective…