Prescribing Advice for GPs

CMO Update 47

May 19, 2008 at 11:31 am | In Prescribing Extra - Other | Print | No Comments

The Department of Health has published a Chief Medical Officer's (CMO) Update (PDF).

This issue covers many topics including:

• Reinvigorating clinical audit
• Improving the quality of medical expert evidence
• Guidelines aid identification of community-associated MRSA
• Reforming the process of death certification
• Reducing antibiotic prescribing
• News in brief including electronic drug safety bulletin, easier access to clinical knowledge and support for smoking cessation)

Action: Clinicians will find some useful content in this issue of the CMO Update. Readers can opt to be notified by e-mail when future issues are published.