SCRIPT eLearning

📣 Are you interested in reviewing modules for SCRIPT? We are always looking for experts in their field to review modules and ensure that content remains relevant and up to date. Please get in touch with the team at script@contacts.bham.ac.uk

🎉 SCRIPT eLearning turns 15! 🎉 Developed by @UoB_Pharmacy, SCRIPT has supported safe prescribing across the NHS & UK universities for over a decade. Congratulations to Professor Sarah Pontefract and team on this wonderful milestone! Read more👇 birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/cele…

📢 Update from SCRIPT Sadly, we are no longer posting updates on X – we’ve moved to LinkedIn! linkedin.com/company/safepr… Follow us for SCRIPT module updates, insights on safe prescribing and opportunities to get involved. Thanks for being part of our journey — see you there! 👋

🚨Module Update Alert! Explore our updated mini-series on Diabetes Medicines Management, now live in the Medicine & Surgery portfolio: 💉Diabetes: Insulin Part 1 💉Diabetes: Insulin Part 2 💊Diabetes: Antihyperglycaemic Medicines Start learning today at: safeprescriber.org

Women on “skinny jabs” like Ozempic or Mounjaro? 🚨 You must use effective contraception – these meds are not safe during pregnancy. 📢 Mounjaro may make oral contraceptives less effective in some patients. Read the full guidance ➡️ bit.ly/3FGs3Cu

Birmingham as a forerunner in prescribing medicines safely birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/birm…

Thanks to @BJGPjournal for publishing e-letter - new SCRIPT (@SafePrescriber) guidance "modules designed to help prescribers understand the principles behind safely stopping antidepressants, in accordance with @NICE & @rcpsych guidelines." #relapse-or-withdrawal---new-script-guidance" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">bjgp.org/content/75/753… @markhoro

📢 New opportunity! We are looking for a healthcare professional with a background in Haematology or Oncology to peer review the ‘Managing Complications of Anticancer Therapy’ module (Medicine & Surgery portfolio). If interested, please contact us at script@contacts.bham.ac.uk

‼️Module Update! The SCRIPT Management of Pain topic has now been updated and split into two new focused modules: ➡️Pain: Non-Opioids and Opioids ➡️Pain: Neuropathic and Complex Analgesia Available today in the Medicine & Surgery portfolio. Access at: safeprescriber.org

We worked on these modules for 2 years with @SafePrescriber and should give any clinician basic understanding of withdrawal effects and how to safely stop antidepressants. Some neat graphics and videos as well from the brilliant SCRIPT team. All you need is an NHS email address.

💊New Prescriber Ready Module! Want to learn more about the basic pharmacology of ACE inhibitors, ARBs and calcium channel blockers? Look no further! The new ‘Antihypertensives’ module is now available in the Prescriber Ready portfolio. Access today at: safeprescriber.org

🚨New module alert! The Antidepressant Deprescribing modules are now live in our Medicine & Surgery and Primary Care portfolios. The two modules offer detailed learning on the principles and practicalities of safely stopping antidepressants. Access at: safeprescriber.org

Prof Taylor @DavidTa23968240 and I worked with SCRIPT @SafePrescriber to create two modules for clinicians on antidepressant withdrawal and how to safely stop antidepressants available for free to anyone with an NHS email address bit.ly/3ReUWI7

📢New opportunity! We are looking for Dentists to peer review modules from the SCRIPT Dental Portfolio 🦷 on topics including peri-procedural prescribing and management of infection, pain and ulceration. ➡️If you are interested, please contact us at script@contacts.bham.ac.uk

New podcast episode Luke & John talk about answering queries about dosing of medicines in renal impairment - they discuss estimating creatinine clearance, recommended resources, & where to get further advice Listen here: soundcloud.com/nhs_sps/ma-ren… #DoOnceAndShare #Podcast

📢 New Guideline Alert! The SCRIPT Respiratory Medicine modules now reflect the recommendations from the newly published NICE Asthma guidelines (NG245, 2024), ensuring you have the most up-to-date learning. ➡️Access today at: safeprescriber.org

📢New UK-wide asthma guideline launched Developed by @BTSrespiratory, NICE and @signguidelines it revolutionises asthma diagnosis and treatment by recommending combination treatments instead of ‘reliever-only’ inhalers for newly diagnosed cases. 🔗nice.org.uk/news/articles/…

📣 #MedSafetyWeek kicks off today! Visit ➡️ bit.ly/2A6B165 to #ReportSideEffects from medicines today. To learn more about #MedSafetyWeek, visit ➡️ bit.ly/3AgE8f9 #MHRAYellowCard

📣 New Module! SCRIPT is delighted to announce the release of the new Designated Prescribing Practitioner (DPP) Training module for healthcare professionals taking on the DPP role for trainee independent prescribers. ➡️ Access today at: safeprescriber.org

💊Are you a non-medical healthcare professional wanting to gain knowledge on the pharmacology of commonly prescribed medicines? ➡️Sign up to the new SCRIPT Prescriber Ready portfolio to access the first five modules at prescriberready.safeprescriber.org Additional modules are coming soon!

📢 Following valuable user feedback, we have split the ‘Formulation and Administration’ module into two new focused modules in the Medicine & Surgery and Nursing portfolios. Access today at: safeprescriber.org