MedsIQ
Medication errors are a significant but preventable cause of harm to children and young people. MedsIQ is an RCPCH programme focused on improving medication safety.
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Safe Prescribing
Resources and projects to reduce prescribing errors in paediatrics including dosage calculators, apps, prescription charts, guides and workbooks.
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Medicines Safety
Resources and projects to support improvement in paediatric medicines safety including guidance, tools, apps, workbooks and care bundles.
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Patient Support
Resources and projects to support families on medicines education and management including information leaflets and public awareness campaigns.
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Webinars
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Get Inspired: Learnings from the MedsIQ Champions Network – February 2019
Our medicines safety webinar in February 2019 featured the STAMP programme at Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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Medicines for Children Producing a Medicines Management App for Parents and Carers
The Medicines for Children project has been awarded £50,000 from Comic Relief’s ‘Tech for Good’ programme to support the team to develop a medicines management app for parents...
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Get Inspired: Learnings from the MedsIQ Champions Network – May 2018
Find out about a recently launched Hospital Passport for young people with disabilities at Great North Children’s Hospital.
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Get Inspired: Learnings from the MedsIQ Champions Network – February 2018
Our guest speaker in the latest webinar was Dr Carla Brown, from the National Infection Service, Public Health England.
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Get Inspired: Learnings from the MedsIQ Champions Network – December 2017
Our guest speaker for the webinar held in December 2017 was Dr Nicholas Appelbaum, from the Imperial College Institute of Global Health Innovation/ Helix Centre.
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Get Inspired: Learnings from the MedsIQ Champions Network – September 2017
Our September 2017 webinar featured a guest speaker, Andy Fox from Southampton University Hospital and the chair of Medicines for Children project board.
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Get Inspired: Learnings from the MedsIQ Champions Network – Summer 2017
Listen to two lively champions webinars hosted on February 7th and May 2nd 2017 with guest speakers from the STAMP project and Birmingham Children's Hospital.
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Get Inspired: Learnings from the MedsIQ Champions Network – November 2016
We are always very pleased to share with you the experiences of some MedsIQ Champions in their projects' development. Find out more about quality improvement interventions in medicines...
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Get Inspired: Learnings from the MedsIQ Champions Network – June 2016
We are always very pleased to share with you the experiences of some MedsIQ Champions in their projects' development. Find out more about the hospital prescribing indicators of...