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

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SPS Spotlight Monthly Digest

A slide deck summarising SPS outputs and resources. It should be distributed to relevant healthcare professionals and their teams.

Monitoring and reviewing a PGD

Monitoring and evaluating practice under a PGD and timely review of a PGD are important steps in the development process.

Writing a PGD

Writing a PGD is a multi-step process, requiring input from all members of the PGD development team.

When not to use

Understanding when PGDs are an unsuitable mechanism for the supply and/or administration of medicines ensures an alternative legal framework is applied.

Sodium chloride 0.9% in multi injector devices

SPS PGD template for administering sodium chloride 0.9% intravenously for imaging investigations and procedures by registered Radiographers.

Welcoming the Web Assistant pilot

The Web Assistant will help you to answer questions about medicines in patients with swallowing difficulties.

Omeprazole for use within antenatal and maternity services

SPS protocol templates for the supply and administration of omeprazole for pre planned caesarean section by registered midwives.

Understanding the falsified medicines directive

An overview of the changes to the requirements for medicines ‘safety features’ following the UK’s departure from the EU

Medication Safety Update

A resource collating the latest medication safety communications and publications to inform, support and inspire medication safety improvements.

Lidocaine 10mg/ml spray for IUC insertion or removal

SPS protocol template for administration of lidocaine 10mg/ml spray to facilitate intrauterine contraception (IUC) insertion or removal.

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SPS Spotlight Monthly Digest

A slide deck summarising SPS outputs and resources. It should be distributed to relevant healthcare professionals and their teams.

Establishing if a patient's antidepressant should be deprescribed

Use a shared-decision approach to regularly review a patient's antidepressant use to assess whether it remains appropriate or requires deprescribing.

Planning to deprescribe an antidepressant

Before undertaking antidepressant withdrawal, you should plan, discuss and agree a shared strategy with the patient .

Implementing a process to deprescribe an antidepressant

The process requires care and continual review. You should plan, discuss and agree a shared strategy with the patient.

Monitoring and reviewing a PGD

Monitoring and evaluating practice under a PGD and timely review of a PGD are important steps in the development process.

Writing a PGD

Writing a PGD is a multi-step process, requiring input from all members of the PGD development team.

Pharmacy technician coffee break conversation podcastss

A series of short podcast discussions with pharmacy technicians about their roles and the different ways they provide patient care.

Preparing to use ustekinumab biosimilar

Introducing biosimilar ustekinumab needs planning. Work with the multidisciplinary team to ensure familiarity with the area and develop an implementation plan.

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National Homecare Medicine Committee (NHMC) Newsletters

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SPS Spotlight Monthly Digest

A slide deck summarising SPS outputs and resources. It should be distributed to relevant healthcare professionals and their teams.

Welcoming the Web Assistant pilot

The Web Assistant will help you to answer questions about medicines in patients with swallowing difficulties.

Medication Safety Update

A resource collating the latest medication safety communications and publications to inform, support and inspire medication safety improvements.

New Product Evaluations

A list of new product evaluations that are freely available to NHS staff via the internet

Articles, Research and audits

Patient Group Directions e-learning programme

E-learning developed by SPS in partnership with UKHSA, HEE and eLfH to support professionals who use, develop, authorise, review or update PGDs.

Northern Pharmacy Technical Services Workforce Project Report

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…

Auditing Patient Group Directions

SPS have developed a template audit tool to support organisations in auditing aspects of PGD development and use.

National audit of RPS standards in secure environments

An audit tool based on the RPS Standards in Secure Environments is shared along with the national baseline audit undertaken in 2018

Using medicines under PGD as part of a clinical trial or study

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

Wholesale Distribution Authorisation Audit Edition 1 August 2014 (Yellow Cover)

Visits by Quality Assurance Personnel to Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Wholesalers 3rd edition (Yellow Cover)

Pharmacy Intrathecal Chemotherapy Audit Aide Memoire 4th Edition (Yellow Cover)

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…

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