December 2017: Shared care protocols – have they had their day?

In this month’s podcast, James Cave (DTB Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (DTB Deputy Editor) discuss the challenge of prescribing specialist drugs in primary care and highlight problems associated with the use of shared care protocols. http://dtb.bmj.com/content/55/12/133 The editors also review the evidence for an inhaler containing beclometasone, formoterol and glycopyrronium that has recently been licensed for the management of COPD - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/55/12/138 - and discuss the use of dimethyl fumarate for psoriasis. http://dtb.bmj.com/content/55/12/141