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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: Autumn 2026

    Upcoming webinars, new inhaler and hospital prescribing measures, and finalised hospital medicines data through March 2026.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: Spring 2026

    Rebuilding OpenPrescribing, a measures advisory group, hospital trust dashboards, an FP10 viewer, and new morphine and hospital measures.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: October 2025

    Shareable hospital analyses, email alerts, dapagliflozin and insulin detemir measures, and OpenSAFELY’s expansion beyond COVID-19 research.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: Autumn 2025

    The Bennett Symposium and Prize, multiproduct hospital analyses, and new measures for low-value prescribing, dapagliflozin and AWaRe antibiotics.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: Autumn 2024

    An updated best-value DOAC measure, developments in hospital medicines data, webinar recordings, and an analysis of OpenPrescribing’s users.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: Summer 2024

    Free OpenPrescribing webinars, plans to phase out STAR-PUs, and updates to the excess pen quantities measure and price concession calculations.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: Spring 2024

    Debating STAR-PUs, launching Improvement Radar to identify prescribing improvements, and research on medication reviews during COVID-19.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: Winter 2024

    Why prescribing analyses differ between platforms, a BNF-to-dm+d map, and updates to antibiotic and glucose test strip measures.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: Autumn 2023

    NHS medicines optimisation tools, an investigation into rising colesevelam costs, and a look at the pharmacists behind OpenPrescribing.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: June 2022

    The launch of the Bennett Institute, the Goldacre Review, live Outlier Detection Dashboards, and new measures for DOACs and inhaler carbon footprints.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: December 2021

    Previewing the Outlier Prescribing tool, updating measures and maps, and research on antidepressant prescribing and anticoagulant safety.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: March 2021

    Retiring the hospital-only measure, updating oral morphine equivalence, introducing OpenCodelists, and reporting COVID-19 vaccine coverage.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: November 2020

    New hospital medicines data, plans for OpenPrescribing Hospitals, research on clinical software design, and an oral morphine equivalence update.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: July 2020

    New papers on hospital medicines data, NHS analytics and statin prescribing, alongside updated CCG dashboards and OpenSAFELY COVID-19 research.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: June 2020

    New research on unsafe methotrexate prescribing, bespoke prescribing email alerts, and analysis of COVID-19’s impact on prescribing in March 2020.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: May 2020

    Introducing OpenSAFELY, COVID-19’s early impact on prescribing, rising price concession costs, and bespoke PCN email alerts.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: November 2019

    PCN dashboards go live, research examines clinical software and prescribing safety, and a guest blog explores high-dose dexamethasone.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: October 2019

    New inhaler environmental impact and seven-day prescribing measures, research on prescribing changes, and expanded data downloads.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: September 2019

    Links from prescribing measures to the Analyse page, improvements to the price-per-unit savings tool, and preparations for PCN dashboards.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: Summer 2019

    The launch of the NHS dm+d browser, lower thresholds for price-per-unit savings, and price concession dashboards for STPs and regional teams.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: June 2019

    New low-priority prescribing measures and All England email alerts, alongside Analyse page improvements and plans for Primary Care Network dashboards.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: May 2019

    Research on variation in adopting UTI prescribing guidance, user testing for regional and STP dashboards, and preparations for newly merged CCGs.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: February 2019

    New price concession email alerts, a guide to finding prescribing cost savings, and improvements to measure breakdowns and Analyse page totals.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: December 2018

    New measures for NHS England’s proposed do-not-prescribe list, a planned price concessions calculator, and prescribing data limitations.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: October 2018

    The launch of the All England dashboard, support for responding to phenytoin supply disruption, and tools for antimicrobial stewardship.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: July 2018

    How OpenPrescribing’s alerts detect changes before practices become extreme outliers, plus new category filters for prescribing measures.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: June 2018

    New research examines pregabalin patent litigation and Lyrica prescribing, alongside site improvements that flag closed or dormant practices.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: May 2018

    Research on low-priority prescribing, 2017 data in the Long Term Trends tool, and a call for measures highlighting easy prescribing improvements.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: April 2018

    New research on homeopathy and gluten-free prescribing, plus tips for using the Analyse page to investigate prescribing variation and trends.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: March 2018

    An update on medicine price concessions, preparations for CCG mergers, and early work on OpenPathology to explore NHS blood test use.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: February 2018

    A new opioid measure using oral morphine equivalents, improvements to the Long Term Trends tool, and the launch of the FDAAA TrialsTracker.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: January 2018

    The continuing cost of generic medicine price concessions, variation in gluten-free food prescribing, and a guide to OpenPrescribing’s features.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: December 2017

    Analyse prescribing without a denominator, explore a new pregabalin measure based on milligrams, and use improved three-month measure breakdowns.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: November 2017

    Explore prescribing trends from 1998 to 2016 with the new Long Term Trends tool, alongside an updated pregabalin measure based on prescription items.

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    OpenPrescribing Newsletter: October 2017

    New measures track NHS England’s low-priority treatments, while drug-level breakdowns help practices and CCGs investigate prescribing variation.