Improvement of medicines management in hospitals.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust submitted a successful bid to be one of 10 trusts involved in the first wave of the hospital medicines management collaborative. This article discusses the concept of medicines management and highlights the advantages of having a nurse as the project facilitator.
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Kerry
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North Tyneside General Hospital, Tyne and Wear.
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