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SPS National Patient Group Direction (PGD) exemplar templates

20 June 2019The SPS National Medicines Governance Do Once programme produce national Patient Group Direction (PGD) exemplar templates for local adaptation

National Homecare Medicines Committee (NHMC) Standard Service Areas

12 April 2019In March 2018 NHMC approved a list of standard service areas which will be incorporated into version 6 of the national KPI dataset. Homecare providers…

National Homecare Medicines Committee (NHMC) Homecare Service Proposal (HSP) Form

9 April 2019The Homecare Service Proposal (HSP) Form is to be completed by pharmaceutical manufacturers where there are new homecare medicines services or where there are changes…

DS 21/75 Prescription Charges for Drugs Given to Patients in Clinical Trials (Department of Health and Social Security, 1975)

2 April 2019In 2019, this remains the only known documented government guidance to the NHS on the subject.

Fluoride toothpaste – what are the dangers of chronic ingestion in adults?

15 February 2019This Medicines Q&A examines the effects of chronic fluoride ingestion associated with use of fluoride toothpaste in adults.

Measurement of HEPA filter performance using the dispersed oil particle aerosol test for leak detection in filter installations ed 3

20 December 2018This test protocol is supplementary to Quality Assurance of Aseptic Preparation Services, Fifth edition, Edited by Alison M Beaney, Pharmaceutical Press, 2016.

Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation: A toolkit for winter 2018/19

31 October 2018Guidance to help plan and mitigate winter pressures in the acute hospital sector

Pharmacy Institutional Readiness for Marketed CAR-T Therapy: Guidance for Chief Pharmacists V4 (updated January 2020)

2 October 2018This document outlines key areas where Chief Pharmacists should focus pharmaceutical expertise prior to an organisation implementing CAR-T Therapy.

Making best use of restricted aseptic compounding capacity

18 September 2018The NHS is experiencing considerable challenges regarding the supply of aseptically prepared injectable medicines. This communication from NPSG advises all NHS customers of commercial aseptic…

Guidance on Handling of Injectable Cytotoxic Drugs in Clinical Areas in in NHS Hospitals in the UK (Yellow Cover) Edition 1 July 2018

31 July 2018Intended audience: This document is intended as a reference and source of information to the following audiences: Nursing staff who handle cytotoxic chemotherapy (Oncology /…
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