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Rarely Used and Urgent Medicines List

14 June 2019Background This position statement and user guide have been approved by RMOC (London). The position statement includes a list of Rarely Used and Urgent Medicines.…

Regional Medicines Optimisation Committee Antidotes Advisory Statement

17 June 2019The RMOC recommendation is in the process of being revised to reflect the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM)/National Poisons Information Service (NPIS) 2021 updated…

SPS National Patient Group Direction (PGD) exemplar templates

20 June 2019The SPS National Medicines Governance Do Once programme produce national Patient Group Direction (PGD) exemplar templates for local adaptation

SPS Spotlight Monthly Digest

23 November 2023A slide deck summarising SPS outputs and resources. It should be distributed to relevant healthcare professionals and their teams.

Shared Care for Medicines Guidance - A Standard Approach (RMOC)

19 March 2021On behalf of the national RMOC system, RMOC (North) has led development of “Shared Care for Medicines Guidance – A Standard Approach” This guidance defines…

Sodium chloride 0.9% in multi injector devices

20 July 2023SPS PGD template for administering sodium chloride 0.9% intravenously for imaging investigations and procedures by registered Radiographers.

Standard Operating Procedure for Undertaking and Reporting EL(97)52 Audits, 8th Edition, January 2018 (Yellow Cover)

6 January 2015During 1997 EL(97)52 was issued which required external audit at an interval of 12 to 18 months of all hospital pharmacy departments preparing injections under…

Suppliers Audit Database

16 December 2016The supplier audit databases have been set up to make best use of the NHS supplier audits performed across the United Kingdom

Terbutaline injection for use in labour within maternity services

19 January 2023SPS PGD template for administering subcutaneous terbutaline sulfate for the reduction of contraction frequency in individuals in labour.

The Training of Auditors to Undertake Audits of Unlicensed Aseptic Dispensing in NHS Hospitals 2nd edition (Yellow Cover)

24 May 2010This document describes the nationally agreed standards for the training and on going accreditation of EL auditors.