A multidisciplinary audit examining the prescribing of sugar free liquid medicines to children in South Tyneside
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Th e au th or s Claire Kelly, BA, is clinical audit, research and development facilitator, Mark Burdon, BSc, MRPharmS, is community pharmacy development and clinical governance facilitator, Anne Archer, is dental health facilitator, Kathryn Featherstone, BSc, MRPharmS, is head of medicines management and Pam Lee, MPH, is public health specialist at South Tyneside Primary Care Trust. David Carter, MSc, MRPharmS, is managing director and superintendent pharmacist at DL Carter & Son Ltd and chairman of the Gateshead & South Tyneside Local Pharmaceutical Committee.
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