Safe Use of DOACs Webinar – Wednesday, 30 October, 12.30-2pm

Safe Use of DOACs Webinar – Wednesday, 30 October, 12.30-2pm

About the event

This interactive session is part of the ‘Medication Safety Across the System’ (MSATS) series aimed at healthcare professionals, working in any sector with a role or passion for medication safety and/or involved in medicines use.

Speakers will share innovative practices addressing safe use of DOACs to inspire and equip the audience ready for translation and replication across systems.

Why it’s important

There are known risks associated with the use of DOACs. Harms continue to be reported across the system.

Implementation of safety strategies to support the safe use of DOACs requires a collaborative and system wide approach to ensure safe and sustainable safety improvements.

What will be covered: 

• A discussion of factors that add complexities to the safe prescribing, supply and administration of DOACs.
• A ‘lived experience’ to understand the impact of these complexities when individuals cross care boundaries and continue their medicines.
• A discussion of high risk scenarios where patients on DOACs require additional planning and delegation of responsibilities to ensure safe use.
• Shared exemplar practices related to improving the safety with DOAC use, which will allow for reflection on local practice and consideration for implementation at a local and system level.
• Opportunities to network with peers to inform the development of appropriate local and system wide responses, to enhance the safe use of DOACs.

Speakers:

Ruth Dales, Senior Improvement Manager, Q Member & Patient Safety Specialist; Medicines Safety Improvement Programme, NHS England

Wendy Sunter, Consultant Pharmacist (Anticoagulation & Thrombosis)

Further speakers to be announced shortly

How to register

Please visit the events page on the SPS website for registration and access details.