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

A slide deck summarising SPS outputs and resources. It should be distributed to relevant healthcare professionals and their teams.
SPS PGD template for supply of varenicline to support smoking cessation in specified individuals.
Monitoring and evaluating practice under a PGD and timely review of a PGD are important steps in the development process.
Writing a PGD is a multi-step process, requiring input from all members of the PGD development team.
Once a PGD is written, there are steps to be completed before the PGD is used within an organisation.
You’ve decided a PGD is the most appropriate option but there are things to consider before you start writing.
Short videos explaining medicines mechanisms in occupational health services, including written instructions.
An SPS Quality Assurance (QA) bite size learning event that explored Standard Operating Procedures as part of the quality management system.
A resource collating the latest medication safety communications and publications to inform, support and inspire medication safety improvements.
Short videos explaining how to plan for the development of new, or review of existing Patient Group Directions (PGDs).
A short video about temperature controlled storage of medicines
We outline key clinical considerations when initiating statins in patients with liver disease or liver impairment.
An overview of NHS England and NHS SPS roles in implementing biosimilar and key generic medicines and what to expect in 2025/26.
This guidance explores the dosing and monitoring advice when using high dose loperamide to reduce high stoma output or in short bowel syndrome in adults.
A slide deck summarising SPS outputs and resources. It should be distributed to relevant healthcare professionals and their teams.
Discussion of key current medication safety challenges within healthcare with a focus on the safe use of DOACs; inspiring partnership across the system.
SPS PGD template for supply of varenicline to support smoking cessation in specified individuals.
Users should be aware of the constraints and assumptions in creating Prescribing Outlook, as well as their responsibilities for use.
A slide deck summarising SPS outputs and resources. It should be distributed to relevant healthcare professionals and their teams.
A resource collating the latest medication safety communications and publications to inform, support and inspire medication safety improvements.
The Web Assistant will help you to answer questions about medicines in patients with swallowing difficulties.
A list of new product evaluations that are freely available to NHS staff via the internet
E-learning developed by SPS in partnership with UKHSA, HEE and eLfH to support professionals who use, develop, authorise, review or update PGDs.
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…
SPS have developed a template audit tool to support organisations in auditing aspects of PGD development and use.
An audit tool based on the RPS Standards in Secure Environments is shared along with the national baseline audit undertaken in 2018
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
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…