Medicines management
Prescribing, Patient Group Direction (PGD) and Vaccine Incident Resources
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General
- British National Formulary
- Electronic medicines compendium
- Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
Nurse and Pharmacist Prescribers
- Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC): Standards of proficiency for nurse and midwife prescribers
- General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC): Pharmacist Independant Prescriber
Patient Group Directions
- British Medical Association (BMA): Advice on the use of PGD and PSD in general practice
- Care Quality Commission (CQC): Patient Group Directions (PGDs)/Patient Specific Directions (PSDs)
- MHRA: Patient Group Directions: who can use them?
- NHS England: Vaccine PGDs
- National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance: Patient group directions
- NICE: Patient Group Directions -Tools and Resources
- Specialist Pharmacy Service: What is a Patient Group Direction?
Vaccine Incident Guidance
Download as PDFYellow fever vaccine: contraindications and precautions reminder
A reminder for health professionals to use to assist yellow fever vaccine risk assessment Read moreYellow fever vaccine: traveller checklist
A checklist for travellers to be used during the travel health consultation to assist yellow fever vaccine risk assessment Read moreLGBT travellers: changes to vaccine certificates
Useful links for health professionals and travellers Read moreEducational events
A list of courses, conferences and study days of relevance to UK health professionals working, or wishing to work, in the field of travel medicine Read moreGeneral immunisation
Immunisation resources for health professionals Read moreTravelHealthPro EBook
