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SPS PGD template for administering intravenous hyoscine butylbromide for imaging investigations by registered Radiographers.
A digest of NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service support for professionals working in all areas of the healthcare system for March 2025.
A slide deck summarising SPS outputs and resources. It should be distributed to relevant healthcare professionals and their teams.
SPS PGD template for supply of cytisinicline to support smoking cessation in specified individuals.
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.
An update on recent developments within Exend+ with a focus on managing and recording off-contract claims.
SPS PGD template for administering intravenous hyoscine butylbromide for imaging investigations by registered Radiographers.
An SPS Quality Assurance (QA) bite size learning event on worksheet design and processing control in pharmacy aseptic services.
Breastfeeding need not be withheld after commonly used amidotrizoate, barium, gadolinium or iodinated contrast agents. Applies to full term and healthy infants.
An update supporting implementation of biosimilar and key generic medicines for aflibercept, golimumab, nilotinib and ferric carboxymaltose.
Potassium permanganate is a chemical product. We review the evidence for using it in wound care and highlight the risk of severe harm associated with wrong use.
A summary of pharmacological options commonly used to treat pain in primary care.
A digest of NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service support for professionals working in all areas of the healthcare system for March 2025.
An update on recent developments within Exend+ with a focus on managing and recording off-contract claims.
SPS PGD template for administering intravenous hyoscine butylbromide for imaging investigations by registered Radiographers.
An SPS Quality Assurance (QA) bite size learning event on worksheet design and processing control in pharmacy aseptic services.
Breastfeeding need not be withheld after commonly used amidotrizoate, barium, gadolinium or iodinated contrast agents. Applies to full term and healthy infants.
An update supporting implementation of biosimilar and key generic medicines for aflibercept, golimumab, nilotinib and ferric carboxymaltose.
Potassium permanganate is a chemical product. We review the evidence for using it in wound care and highlight the risk of severe harm associated with wrong use.
A summary of pharmacological options commonly used to treat pain in primary care.
A digest of NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service support for professionals working in all areas of the healthcare system for March 2025.
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…