What’s New

Recent topics of interest to paediatric pharmacy.

• How should medicines be dosed in children who are obese – updated May 2021

• Standardising Intravenous infusion concentrations in children in the UK

• Primary Care Pharmacist Committee position advert (May 2021)

• Using bolus IV injections in neonates, children and young people

• Alternative parenteral acid suppressants covering main indications of intravenous ranitidine in children

• Paediatric Critical Pharmacist Pharmacist Staffing Standards – see Staffing Standards

• Revised statement on unlicensed medicines or licensed medicines for unlicensed applications in paediatric practice see Position Statements

• Royal Pharmaceutical Society statement on Brexit and medicines

• Using Standardised Strengths of Unlicensed Liquid Medicines in Children – see Position Statements

• Neonatal Pharmacist Staffing Standards – see Staffing Standards

• ENFIT system – NPPG Final statement – see Position Statements

• MEDUSA Paediatric IV monographs