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Medicines Safety Folder

11/10/2024
Topiramate

Topiramate resources and information can be found here 

25/06/2024
Medication Safety Officer (MSO) role

An MSO is the named individual within an organisation responsible for encouraging medication incident reporting and learning. It is recommended that all organisations have a named MSO.

The MSO can also offer medication safety specialist expertise and act as a centralised individual to work collaboratively on medication safety and communication of medication risks and associated mitigation strategies within the organisation. The MSO can offer a leadership role to the medication safety agenda. (Source SPS)

The Powys MSO can be contacted at : powys.mso@wales.nhs.uk

25/06/2024
Incidents (Datix)

Please report incidents / concerns via Datix

04/06/2024
Yellow Cards

Yellow Card | Making medicines and medical devices safer

Report suspected side effects to medicines, vaccines, e-cigarettes, medical device incidents, defective or falsified (fake) products to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to ensure safe and effective use.

Yellow Card Centre Wales

04/06/2024
PTHB Safety Memos

Tramadol & Warfarin (Feb 24)

Fluoroquinolone safety memo (March 24)

Dalteparin and Latex Allergy (Apr 24)

25/06/2024
Medicines Shortages

Information regarding latest medicines shortage can be found:

Wales Medicines Shortage Advisory Group

SPS - Specialist Pharmacy Service

  • Tools > Medicines Supply (Registration required)
04/06/2024
Sodium Valproate

Sodium Valproate Resources and Information can be found here

25/06/2024
Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)

The MHRA website contains information including :

  • Alerts, recalls and safety information: medicines and medical devices
  • Drug Safety Update
  • Yellow Card: Report a problem with a medicine or medical device
  • Medical devices regulation and safety
01/10/2024
Patient Safety Wales

NHS Wales : Patient Safety

19/08/2024
Prevention of Future Deaths Reports

Paragraph 7 of Schedule 5, Coroners and Justice Act 2009, provides coroners with the duty to make reports to a person, organisation, local authority or government department or agency where the coroner believes that action should be taken to prevent future deaths.

View all Reports to Prevent Future Deaths (PFDs)

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