Medicines and Prescribing
Useful Links
Business Services Unit (formerly Prescription Pricing Authority) http://www.ppa.org.uk/index.htm
Includes information on the following:
- Access to ePACT prescribing information (for authorised users)
- Access to NHS Drug Tariff
- Prescription information
- Pre-payment certificates
The aim of the Department of Health (DH) is to improve the health and wellbeing of people in England.
The eMC is the definitive up-to-date guide for UK medicines information. The eMC provides Summaries of Product Characteristics (SPCs) and Patient Information Leaflets (PILs) for medicines available in the UK. SPCs and PILs are provided by the pharmaceutical company and approved by the UK regulatory authorities. The eMC is supported by over 130 contributing pharmaceutical companies. It is updated daily and is free to use.
MTRAC is an independent professional committee of GPs and representatives of other key decision-makers in the use of medicines in primary care. The remit of the Committee is to review selected pharmaceutical products to assess their clinical value, safety and suitability for use in primary care in the West Midlands Region, and to guide GPs in prescribing them appropriately.
NICE is an independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health.
The National Prescribing Centre is a health service organisation, formed in April 1996 by the Department of Health. Its aim is to ‘promote and support high quality, cost-effective prescribing and medicines management across the NHS, to help improve patient care and service delivery’.
NPCi is a new and radically different NHS learning resource designed specifically for busy health care professionals and managers. The content covers prescribing, therapeutics & medicines management.
At the heart of CKS are concise summaries on how to manage almost 500 clinical situations (scenarios) commonly encountered in primary and first contact care. These are underpinned by detailed up-to-date clinical knowledge on acute and chronic conditions, and disease prevention. So whether you need a quick overview or the full text on a topic, CKS can help.
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain http://www.rpsgb.org.uk/
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) is the professional and regulatory body for pharmacists in England, Scotland and Wales. It also regulates pharmacy technicians on a voluntary basis, which is expected to become statutory under anticipated legislation. The primary objectives of the Society are to lead, regulate, develop and represent the profession of pharmacy.
This site is contains information for children, parents and health professionals about the science and history of immunisation and about the vaccines in the routine UK immunisation schedule. Website content includes:
- updates on current vaccine supply
- advice and guidance on immunisation schedules
- safety information
- a question and answer section to the more common queries.
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