JohnB

This is very useful advice. I have been communicating since 2019 within my NHS Trust regarding the use of a reference guide (NEWT Guidelines) published in 2010. Pharmacists have access to a more current online resource advising how medication can be administered via enteral feeding tubes. Out of hours and weekends, nurses utilise the reference book mentioned above, which is so old that there are newer medications not included. We can contact an on-call pharmacist, but I feel that in order to optimise patient safety Trust managers need to work towards providing a more up to date resource for nurses. Despite the occasional suggestion of change, it has not occurred. Last year, I sent an email pushing for a change and included a quote from the WHO medication without harm campaign. I believe that modification of medications is an important area to get things right and do no harm.