Keeping Up to Date
To maintain professional competence and ensure optimum patient safety, it is important to keep up to date with changes to legislation and best practice. To support you with this, you can sign up to receive relevant communication from the PSI, IIOP, HPRA, HSE and NMIC as described below.
PSI newsletter
The PSI newsletter is issued to all pharmacists (to the email address they have registered with), and is an important source of information on updates and best practice. You can read previous issues of their newsletter on their website at the following link: PSI Newsletter.
IIOP newsletter
The IIOP newsletter is issued to all pharmacists (to the email address they have registered with), and is an important source of information on updates relating to CPD and pharmacy. You can read previous issues of the newsletter on their website at the following link: IIOP Newsletter.
Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA)
The HPRA regulate medicines and devices for the benefit of people and animals. You can sign up for HPRA alerts and Drug Safety Newsletter to get the latest HPRA safety and regulatory updates delivered directly to your inbox. Please see: HPRA Alerts Sign-up.
HPRA safety notices can be found at the following link: HPRA Safety Notices.
The HSE National Immunisation Office (NIO)
The National Immunisation Office is responsible for managing vaccine procurement and distribution, developing training and communication materials for the public and health professionals of all National Immunisation Programmes in line with Department of Health Immunisation Policy.
You can sign up to receive the NIO Immunisation Bulletin, which contains important information and updates relating to immunisation at the following link: NIO News (including previous issues / update) and News Snapshots.
National Medicines Information Centre (NMIC)
The National Medicines Information Centre (NMIC) aims to promote the safe, effective and efficient use of medicines. This is enabled via a clinical enquiry answering service, the publication of information outputs and education. The NMIC produces many publications, including a therapeutics bulletin and a monthly newsletter called Therapeutics Today.
Both publications are available online and by email to individual healthcare professionals: