- Executive Summary
- Policy
- Procedures
- Guidelines
- Forms & Charts
- Associated Material
- Patient Information
Executive Summary
NHS Lothian aims to improve the quality, safety and experience across the organisation. This policy supports this objective by ensuring that medicines are ordered, supplied, transported, stored, prescribed and administered by using procedures that meet the legal requirements, are in line with national guidelines and ensure the risk to patients and staff are managed effectively in all care settings.
Policy
Procedures
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Hospital Based Prescriptions – Flowchart for the use of HBPs
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Hospital Based Prescriptions Procedure for Dispensing by Community Pharmacy
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Open and Transparent Decision Making in Medicines Governance
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Flowchart to support PACS and PTR
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Individual Patient Treatment Request (IPTR) Policy
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PACS2 Procedure
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Procedures for Prescribing Non-Formulary Medicines
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Administration of medicines in care homes and community settings Procedure
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Administration of medicines in hospital and NHS Lothian Healthcare Premises Procedure
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Administration of medicines in patients own homes Procedure
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Administration of medicines outwith prescribed times Procedure
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Administration to children in hospital and healthcare premises Procedure
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Company medical representatives and medicine samples
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Controlled Drugs Procedures
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Covert adminstration of medicines Procedure
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Hospital patients with restricted oral intake Procedure
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Medicinal products that do not require a prescription or Patient Group Direction or Patient Specific Direction for administration or supply
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Medicine stock lists for wards and clinical areas in hospitals
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Medicines used in research and clinical trials
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One Stop Dispensing
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Practitioners authorised to administer medicines
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Prescribing for children Procedure
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Prescribing for older people Procedure
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Prescribing in a multi-cultural multi-faith society Procedure
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Prescribing in hospitals and NHS Lothian healthcare premises Procedure
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Prescribing Medicinal Cannabis Procedure
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Prescription writing in community prescribing documents Procedure
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Prescriptions for hospital discharge Procedure
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Prescriptions for intravenous injections Procedure
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Prescriptions for pass Procedure
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Procedures for specific medicines – Potassium concentrated solutions
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Radiopharmaceuticals
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Self administration of medicines by patients in hospital not yet reviewed by a doctor Procedure
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Self-administration of Medicines Programme for Inpatients Procedure
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Symptomatic Relief Procedure and Formulary including Medicines Monographs
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Medicines on patient transfer within and between NHS Lothian healthcare premises
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Telephone prescriptions Procedure
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Shared Care of Medicines – Process for the development of locally approved documents (SCAs)
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Shared Care of Medicines
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Substandard (Defective) Medicines
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The ordering of medicines by wards and clinical areas in hospitals
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The receipt of medicines on wards and clinical areas in hospitals
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The supply of medicines in hospital when the pharmacy department is closed
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The transport of medicines
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Use of patients’ own medicines in NHS Lothian premises including hospitals
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Use of Unlicensed Medicines Procedure
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Verbal prescriptions Procedure
Guidelines
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Lithium Handbook
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Prescribing Guidelines for the Management of Patients on Warfarin
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Safe Use of Medicines – Guidelines for Patients Receiving Oxygen Therapy
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Safe Use of Medicines – Guidelines for the safe use of oxygen in the home
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Safe Use of Medicines – Guidelines for women using Equanox and Oxygen during a home birth
Forms & Charts
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Hospital Based Prescription – Application Form
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Register of Interests Form ADTC and Subgroups Transparent Decision Making
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Individual Patient Treatment Request – Appeal Application Form
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Individual Patient Treatment Request – Application Form
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Individual Patient Treatment Request – Individual Decision Record
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Individual Patient Treatment Request – Individual Decision Record of Appeal Panel
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Individual Patient Treatment Request – Request Panel Assessment Form
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PACS Tier Two paperwork
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Panel Decision Checklist
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Non-Formulary Medicine Request Form
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Shared Care Agreement Template
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Shared Care of Medicines – Template for withdrawal of an SCA
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Request Form to Use an Unlicensed Medicine
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Use of Unlicensed Medicines – Risk Assessment Form
Associated Material
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Independent and Supplementary Prescribing Framework
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Medicines Governance Applications and Forms Flowchart
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PACS Tier Two – Letter and Guidance
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PACS2 National NHS Board Policy Statements
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Prescribing Branded Generics Position Statement
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Safe Use of Medicines – Classification of Gas Cylinders
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Safe Use of Medicines – Product Hazard Data Information
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Safe Use of Medicines – Safety Precautions for gas handling and transportation
Patient Information