Nicola Wake talks to Melissa Melly, a pharmacy technician in GP practice.  Melly shares how she resolved a difficulty in arranging blood tests related to medicines monitoring by undertaking venepuncture training and delivering urgent or overdue blood test appointments in a weekly clinic.

Phlebotomy: a Pharmacy Technician Coffee Break Conversation

Madeleine Foster, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer’s Clinical Fellow at SPS, presents a summary of the resources published by SPS between 7th and 13th September. 

To easily find a list of newly published pages go to sps.nhs.uk, select ‘search’, click in the search bar, and press enter. 

Quick links to highlighted resources: 

Using generic liposomal amphotericin B 
A licensed generic liposomal amphotericin B (Tillomed) is available. Learn about key differences compared to AmBisome Liposomal amphotericin B (Gilead) brand. 
https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/using-generic-liposomal-amphotericin-b/  

Understanding the characteristics of COVID-19 vaccines 
An introduction to the Understanding the characteristics of COVID-19 Vaccines pages 
https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/understanding-the-characteristics-of-covid-19-vaccines/  

The license and supporting evidence for ecu-liz-umab biosimilars – page update 
Two licensed eculizumab biosimilars are available: Bekemv and Epysqli. Learn about the licensed indications, supporting evidence and key differences. 
https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/the-licence-and-supporting-evidence-for-eculizumab-biosimilar/  

Next events – forthcoming webinars and conferences 
https://www.sps.nhs.uk/home/events/next-events/  

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Podcast description: 
NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service serves healthcare professionals across the NHS who are involved in all aspects of buying, making and using medicines. Our motto is 'do once and share'.

17 September: Generic liposomal amphotericin B, Covid-19 vaccines, & Events

NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service serves healthcare professionals across the NHS who are involved in all aspects of buying, making and using medicines.  Our motto is 'do once and share'.

17 September: Generic liposomal amphotericin B, Covid-19 vaccines, & Events

NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service

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