NDLI: Developing and delivering clinical toxicology in the UK National Health Service

Content Provider	PubMed Central
Author	Thomas, Simon H. L.
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Clinical toxicology concerns the investigation, diagnosis and management of suspected poisoning. It is an important discipline because of the frequency of suspected poisoning, including drug overdose. In the UK, most episodes are managed by nonspecialists, with support provided online or by telephone from the National Poisons Information Service. Leadership and clinical support for this is provided by a small number of clinical toxicologists, who are almost invariably accredited specialists in clinical pharmacology and therapeutics. Priorities for maintaining and enhancing clinical toxicology as a subspeciality in the UK include: Maintaining funding for poisons centres. This is essential in spite of current budgetary pressures. Formal training in the discipline. The 1 year optional training module in clinical toxicology approved in 2011 as part of the clinical pharmacology and therapeutics curriculum represents important progress, but funding for appropriate programmes and accreditation for trainees from other relevant disciplines is needed. Arrangements for registration and revalidation are also required. An improved evidence base for management of poisoning. Priority areas include continued surveillance of the epidemiology and outcomes of poisoning, including syndromic surveillance, more rapid characterization of the human toxicity of newly introduced medicines and better clinical evidence on use of antidotes and other treatments; for example, acetylcysteine and lipid emulsion therapy.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2125.2012.04229.x
Starting Page	878
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13652125
e-ISSN	13652125
Journal	British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
Issue Number	6
Volume Number	73
Language	English
Publisher	Blackwell Science Inc
Publisher Date	2012-06-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	Blackwell Science Inc
Subject Keyword	Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Pharmacology Pharmacology (medical)

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