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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 in practice

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.

Authorising and preparing to use a PGD

Once a PGD is written, there are steps to be completed before the PGD is used within an organisation.

Planning for a PGD

You’ve decided a PGD is the most appropriate option but there are things to consider before you start writing.

Occupational health services explainer videos

Short videos explaining medicines mechanisms in occupational health services, including written instructions.

Standard operating procedures in pharmacy technical services

An SPS Quality Assurance (QA) bite size learning event that explored Standard Operating Procedures as part of the quality management system.

Medication Safety Update

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

PGD planning explainer videos

Short videos explaining how to plan for the development of new, or review of existing Patient Group Directions (PGDs).

PGD supply and administration explainer videos

Short explanatory videos about the supply and administration of medicines under Patient Group Directions (PGDs).

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Understanding when a check adds value to medication processes

Understanding what a check is, the principles of an effective check and factors to consider if introducing an independent second check to a medication process.

Quality assurance for aseptic services videos

A series of short videos about quality assurance in aseptic services

Managing the risk of confusion between intravenous penicillin salts

Minimising the risk of confusion between injectable benzylpenicillin salt formulations may prevent harms.

Safe management of therapeutic drug monitoring

Organisations must ensure safe management systems are in place to support the management of drugs requiring therapeutic drug monitoring.

Managing medicines for people with sulfonamide allergy

Points to consider when prescribing and supplying medicines to people with sulfonamide allergy.

SPS Spotlight Monthly Digest

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

Managing risks associated with oxytocin infusions during labour

Safety strategies can minimise the risk of harms related to oxytocin infusion overdose and delayed therapy.

Dealing with OOS Microbiology Results in Pharmacy Aseptic Units (Part 2)

An SPS Quality Assurance (QA) bite size learning event on managing out of specification microbiological environmental monitoring results in aseptic units.

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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.

Medication Safety Update

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

Welcoming the Web Assistant pilot

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

New Product Evaluations

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

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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)

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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