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Patient Group Directions e-learning programme
8 December 2021
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to deliver services in line with legislation and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (
NICE
Using PGDs to manage long term conditions
9 September 2020
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Guidance
NICE
PGD guidance states: Do not use PGDs for managing long-term conditions, such as hypertension
SPS National Patient Group Direction (PGD) exemplar templates
20 June 2019
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Please refer to the SPS website for further PGD resources to support development of PGDs including
NICE
Pharmacy Institutional Readiness for Marketed CAR-T Therapy: Guidance for Chief Pharmacists V4 (updated January 2020)
2 October 2018
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CAR-T Therapies are newly authorised products within Europe and currently undergoing review via the
NICE
Using clopidogrel with proton pump inhibitors (PPIs)
22 May 2023
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NICE
CKS advice regarding risk factors for gastrointestinal bleed
The licence and supporting evidence for natalizumab biosimilar
6 February 2024
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NICE
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Depression: treatment during pregnancy
6 January 2022
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Removed link to the
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pathway flowchart of pharmacological options as no longer on
NICE
website.
Using folic acid with methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis
20 February 2023
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BNF and
NICE
CKS British National Formulary (BNF) and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Benzylpenicillin injection for suspected meningitis
5 October 2021
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NICE
guidance NG240
Vitamin B12 deficiency: treatment during pregnancy
25 April 2022
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Note added referring to latest
NICE
guidance
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