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
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society: Competency framework for all prescribers
Patient Group Directions
- Practice Nursing publication: Best practice for medicines management and vaccination
- 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
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Link added to Royal Pharmaceutical Society: Competency framework for all prescribers.
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