We publish recommendations and resources, together with a host of other material for the benefit of our users.

A slide deck summarising SPS outputs and resources. It should be distributed to relevant healthcare professionals and their teams.
SPS PGD template for administering gadopiclenol intravenously for imaging investigations and procedures by registered Radiographers.
A list of new product evaluations that are freely available to NHS staff.
SPS PGD template for supply of varenicline to support smoking cessation in specified individuals.
Monitoring and evaluating practice under a PGD and timely review of a PGD are important steps in the development process.
Writing a PGD is a multi-step process, requiring input from all members of the PGD development team.
Once a PGD is written, there are steps to be completed before the PGD is used within an organisation.
You’ve decided a PGD is the most appropriate option but there are things to consider before you start writing.
Short videos explaining medicines mechanisms in occupational health services, including written instructions.
A resource collating the latest medication safety communications and publications to inform, support and inspire medication safety improvements.
Advice on managing medicines that may require dosage adjustments after they have been prescribed.
An SPS Quality Assurance(QA) bite size learning event on evaluating chemical and physical stability of aseptically prepared medicines.
Recommendations for secondary care pharmacy procurement teams to follow before escalating a supply issue or shortage to the SPS Regional Procurement Team.
People with lactose intolerance may request lactose-free medicines although the amounts, when present as an excipient, are unlikely to cause symptoms in most.
These practical tools aid medication review by identifying inappropriate medicines, guiding deprescribing, and empowering patients via shared decision making.
This article outlines how to identify, invite and apply a person-centred framework to support structured medication review.
We explore the causes, consequences and tools to support pharmacy professionals in managing polypharmacy, overprescribing and deprescribing in practice.
These resources provide information and guidance that reflects the growing understanding of problematic polypharmacy and overprescribing.
A slide deck summarising SPS outputs and resources. It should be distributed to relevant healthcare professionals and their teams.
A list of new product evaluations that are freely available to NHS staff.
A resource collating the latest medication safety communications and publications to inform, support and inspire medication safety improvements.
Know what medicines are in the pipeline. Understand the strategic and operational challenges for the NHS. Start planning early.
The Web Assistant will help you to answer questions about medicines in patients with swallowing difficulties.
E-learning developed by SPS in partnership with UKHSA, HEE and eLfH to support professionals who use, develop, authorise, review or update PGDs.
These are the detailed and easy read summary reports of the northern pharmacy technical services (PTS) workforce project. They provide a critical analysis of the…
SPS have developed a template audit tool to support organisations in auditing aspects of PGD development and use.
Advice on the use of Patient Group Directions (PGDs) to supply or administer a medication which is part of a clinical trial, study or pilot
This audit document is intended to be used to audit Pharmacy aspects of the safe administration of intrathecal chemotherapy, as part of the EL(97)52 Audit…