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Explore 5 years of NHS prescribing data. We’re helping to make prescribing safer and more cost-effective. A project from @BennettOxford

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@GrahamStretch
Graham Stretch
1 year
Webinar underway with @openprescribing - we are looking in depth at interpretation of prescribing data #PCPAevents @pcpa_org
@pcpa_org
The PCPA
1 year
OpenPrescribing and @pcpa have teamed up to bring you this webinar, with a special deep look on antimicrobial stewardship and opioid prescribing measures. Hosted by @PharmRJ, Brian MacKenna and Chris Wood When: October 10th Time: 8-9pm Register@ https://t.co/CBUd118SOz
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@bengoldacre
Ben Goldacre
1 year
In 2020 me + @brianmackenna published a detailed paper in @bmj_latest describing how hospital medicines data in England was largely impossible to access for public good. Thousands of you engaged! https://t.co/lcnrV7kSqt What happened next? BLOG! + 🧵 https://t.co/0tz23CF84v
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bennett.ox.ac.uk
We briefly summarise all the recent big and exciting developments in hospital medicines data.
@bengoldacre
Ben Goldacre
5 years
BING BONG NEW PAPER NHS hospital medicines data is being collected, but then needlessly withheld from analysts. This means patients are exposed to sub-optimal treatment. And NHS money is being wasted. The barriers are NOT technical. They are "people". https://t.co/yoTHpaLIAP
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OpenPrescribing
1 year
Our OpenPrescribing newsletter was sent out last week! 📬 Missed it? Read it here: https://t.co/Lc15kwYvwa Subscribe to receive future newsletters:
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This newsletter contains all the latest updates from OpenPrescribing
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OpenPrescribing
1 year
Over the next few months, we’re going to be hosting a series of webinars to showcase the ins and outs of OpenPrescribing. See this page for more information and to book your place -
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We’re setting up webinars for different groups to show how to use OpenPrescribing effectively. Each session will cover the basics and tips for getting the most out of it.
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OpenPrescribing
1 year
New measure on OpenPrescribing https://t.co/fOiS08zv7k Available on all practice, PCN and ICB dashboards as well as the email alerts service
@wasimbaqir
Wasim Baqir
1 year
My favourite drug on the ⁦@AuralApothecary⁩ - have look at what Brian and the ⁦@openprescribing⁩ team have been up to. Data driven medicines safety in action.
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OpenPrescribing
1 year
Prescribing Data for May 2024 is now available in OpenPrescribing! Head over to OpenPrescribing to check it out. Sign up to your organisation's bespoke email alert to stay up to date:
bennett.ox.ac.uk
At OpenPrescribing we know that clinicians can be overwhelmed with guidance and data about many different aspects of care. We therefore have developed an innovative email alert service for every...
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OpenPrescribing
1 year
Our latest OpenSAFELY paper is out now on opioid use during the pandemic. We have opioid prescribing measures here to track and audit your own opioid prescribing https://t.co/8m2bZ62gIa
@TheLancetPH
The Lancet Public Health
1 year
Changes in #opioid prescribing during the #COVID-19 pandemic in England: an interrupted time-series analysis in the #OpenSAFELY-TTP cohort
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OpenPrescribing
1 year
Latest OpenPrescribing paper on opioid use in England is out now!
@jmirpub
JMIR Publications
1 year
JMIR Public Health: Data-Driven Identification of Potentially Successful Intervention Implementations Using 5 Years of Opioid Prescribing Data: Retrospective Database Study https://t.co/2KI4sMsKql
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@FrankMoriarty
Frank Moriarty
1 year
Just out, Dr @MattssonMolly from @RCSIPharmBioMol shares some insights on prescribing reduction policies in this guest blog with @openprescribing @BennettOxford. If you want to read more, the full paper is available open access @BritJClinPharm:
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Aims In 2017, two distinct interventions were implemented in Ireland and England to reduce prescribing of lidocaine medicated plasters. In Ireland, restrictions on reimbursement were introduced...
@openprescribing
OpenPrescribing
1 year
Read our new guest blog from Dr. Molly Mattsson @RCSI_Irl on our analysis of Prescribing Reduction Polices in Ireland and England for Lidocaine plasters https://t.co/wGNQBzCjsn And check out our live tool to audit your own prescribing in England https://t.co/MsKrhJxENn
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OpenPrescribing
1 year
Read our new guest blog from Dr. Molly Mattsson @RCSI_Irl on our analysis of Prescribing Reduction Polices in Ireland and England for Lidocaine plasters https://t.co/wGNQBzCjsn And check out our live tool to audit your own prescribing in England https://t.co/MsKrhJxENn
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In this guest blog, Molly Mattsson describes how we compared lidocaine prescribing reduction policy implementation in Ireland and England.
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OpenPrescribing
1 year
@NHSDevon @NHSCandM Hopefully not the end! Looking forward to hearing how useful people find this tool! The OpenPrescribing Improvement RADAR A new innovative tool to identify best practice in primary care prescribing https://t.co/c4NeMF9z1s
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OpenPrescribing
1 year
@NHSDevon @NHSCandM If you are a qualitative researcher who might be interested in doing a collaborative piece of work together please get in touch! We’ve done the data showing what is happening - we’d love to know why it is happening! And you can only do that by going and talking to people!
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OpenPrescribing
1 year
@NHSDevon @NHSCandM If you are one of those areas - get in touch - write a guest blog telling the world what you did! Better still write it on your own website and share!
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OpenPrescribing
1 year
@NHSDevon @NHSCandM If you are interested in what areas might be doing coordinated work on a topic you are interested in go and check it out!! https://t.co/c4NeMF9z1s
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OpenPrescribing
1 year
@NHSDevon Here is NHS Cheshire (@NHSCandM) doing what appears to be work on reducing the environmental impact of inhalers We haven’t checked - if you know them tell us what you did!
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OpenPrescribing
1 year
This appears to be @NHSDevon doing rapid implementation of new guidance on antibiotic duration We’ve checked - and they are!
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@openprescribing
OpenPrescribing
1 year
Building on work previous work on diffusion of innovation in the NHS that was published in the BMJ we developed a tool that can run through all the charts and identify places for further review https://t.co/CDsW4hzuuX
bmj.com
Objectives To determine how clinicians vary in their response to new guidance on existing or new interventions, by measuring the timing and magnitude of change at healthcare institutions. Design...
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OpenPrescribing
1 year
We thought it would be a good idea to identify patterns in prescribing data suggestive of improvement - but there are a LOT of charts to work through!!
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OpenPrescribing
1 year
We have approx 100 measures of quality, safety and cost effectiveness in prescribing for every GP, PCN, ICB We know that there are many teams out there delivering rapid change in various prescribing topic and the charts generally look like this
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OpenPrescribing
1 year
🚨Behold 🚨 The OpenPrescribing Improvement RADAR A new innovative tool to identify best practice in primary care prescribing https://t.co/c4NeMF9z1s
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