When and how can dentists supply medicines?

This updated Medicines Q&A aims to explain the legal status of medicines in the UK and when and how they may be supplied by dentists…

Requirements for Governance and Preparation of Gene Therapy: Pan UK Pharmacy Working Group for ATMPs

Gene therapies are an important class of ATMPs which horizon scanning indicates are becoming more available as both IMPs and marketed products. Pharmacy is often…

Medicines Use and Safety Team - Annual Report 2018-19

A short overview of the services delivered by the SPS Medicines Use Safety Team. In 2018-19 we: –             Coordinated 6 best practice networks –             Delivered…

Regulatory requirements for export of ATMP starting materials: Pan UK Pharmacy Working Group on ATMPs

This guidance from the Pan UK Pharmacy Working Group for ATMPs has been written in collaboration with the HTA and MHRA. It clarifies the regulatory…

Prioritising pharmaceutical care delivery in the acute inpatient setting: Literature review summary

Patient complexity and throughput in acute care have increased over recent years; and pharmacy resources have often remained static or reduced. Targeting resources and skills…

National Ambulance Patient Group Directions

National PGDs have been developed for ambulance services commissioned by NHS England.  They are supported by NASMeD and JRCALC. Organisations need to adopt them locally in…

Can Patient Group Directions (PGDs) be used to supply or administer a medication which is part of a clinical trial, study or pilot?

There is nothing in legislation that prevents the use of PGDs in clinical trials, studies or pilots if the medicine has a product licence and…

SPS National Medicines Governance Do Once programme - national Patient Group Direction (PGD) template

The attached PGD template is based on the version being used to develop the national PGDs as part of the SPS National Medicines Governance Do…

Written Instruction for the administration of seasonal 'flu vaccination

Following advice issued in Spring 2018 advising on the use of Patient Group Directions in Occupational Health Services, SPS became aware of issues being encountered…

National Homecare Medicines Committee (NHMC) Standard Service Areas

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