Rivastigmine Patches Supply Disruption

There is a supply disruption to Rivastigmine 4.6mg/24hours and 9.5mg/24hours transdermal patches, which are in limited supply until w/c 15 December 2025. Please follow the information in the medicines supply notification (MSN) here and in the SPS medicines supply tool...

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...