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Pharmacists to use ‘clinical expertise’ as nine SSPs issued for antipsychotic pills

 
• By Kate Bowie

Pharmacists have been asked to “call on their clinical expertise to determine” which of nine new quetiapine tablet serious shortage protocols (SSPs) is “most appropriate” to use. 

Pharmacists “need to consider" stock levels and a "patient’s circumstances" before deciding on an SSP
Kate Bowie

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Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She began covering the primary care beat at the end of 2022, when she carried out several health investigations focused on staffing issues, NHS funding and health inequalities.

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