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Prescribing guidance

Welsh National Standards for Medication Review
02/06/2021

The Welsh National Standards for Medication Review have been developed to provide a structured approach to medication review and are benchmarks for quality, with the aim of optimising patient safety and prescribing practice.

Initial clinical management of adult smokers in secondary care
02/06/2021

This document aims to inform and guide healthcare staff in NHS Wales about how to start nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to manage nicotine withdrawal in adults who smoke and are admitted to hospital (secondary care).

Shared care prescribing and monitoring guidance
24/02/2021

This document updates the principles of best practice for shared care prescribing agreements.

Best practice reminder: Avoid nitrofurantoin in the treatment of pyelonephritis
24/02/2021

This short ‘Best Practice Reminder’ document has been developed to inform primary care prescribers about avoiding the prescribing of nitrofurantoin in patients with suspected pyelonephritis, the rationale behind this and what can be prescribed in its place.

Safeguarding users of opioid patches by standardising patient and caregiver counselling
22/12/2020

The aim of the counselling checklist is to assist healthcare professionals, working in community pharmacies, primary care and secondary care, in the essential counselling of patients on the safe and effective use of opioid patches.

All Wales Guidance for Health Boards/Trusts and Social Care Providers in Respect of Medicines and Care Support Workers
19/06/2020

This guidance is intended to provide managers, responsible individuals, registered nurses and care support workers in Welsh organisations with information on how and when a registered nurse may delegate the task of medicines support to a care support worker, and the necessary education and training standards, and policies and procedures that are required to facilitate this.

Guide to prescribing gluten-free products
30/11/2018

The All Wales Guide to Prescribing Gluten-free Products aims to support general practitioners and other healthcare professionals in the management of patients with coeliac disease, and aid the decision-making process in relation to prescribing Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances (ACBS)-approved gluten-free foods.

Safe use of proton pump inhibitors
28/02/2018

This document aims to highlight and help address the patient safety issues associated with the long-term use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) in adults.

Pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation
15/02/2018

This guide supports the appropriate prescribing and supply of smoking cessation pharmacotherapy in NHS Wales for smokers who are motivated to quit.

Multidisciplinary medicines reconciliation policy
30/06/2017

This policy document has been developed to provide healthcare professionals with information to promote the safe and timely completion of medicines reconciliation and provides guidance on completing the process.

Chronic kidney disease
15/02/2017

This CKD medicines management resource includes supporting information for primary care teams around clinical issues, signposts to further useful resources and contains an educational slide set.

Dry eye syndrome guidance
15/12/2016

This guidance aims to provide healthcare professionals with information to better inform patients on how to manage dry eye syndrome using good eyelid hygiene.

Vitamins for babies, children, and pregnant and breastfeeding women
30/11/2016

The purpose of this guidance is to raise awareness of the recommendations on routine vitamin supplementation for babies, children, and pregnant and breastfeeding women, including vitamin D.

Prescribing of Low Molecular Weight Heparin in Wales
30/09/2016

This document aims to ensure that all patients receive appropriate anticoagulation in a timely manner and to address prescribers’ concerns relating to the safe prescribing of LMWH.

Prescribing of amiodarone for atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter in Wales
15/09/2016

Primary and secondary care clinicians have recognised that it would be beneficial to review all patients taking amiodarone in Wales to establish the need for ongoing treatment. The enclosed documentation has been developed to assist this process.

Medicines administration, recording, review, storage and disposal
18/11/2015

The purpose of the policy is to set out the minimum standards of practice that must be adopted by all healthcare employees involved in the administration, recording, review, storage and disposal of medicines in Welsh hospitals.

Guidance on antimicrobial prophylaxis related to Caesarean Section
30/09/2015

This document aims to provide guidance regarding the timing and type of antimicrobial prophylaxis that should be offered to women undergoing Caesarean Section in Wales.

Guidance to support the safe use of long-term oral bisphosphonate therapy
16/09/2015

This document outlines an All Wales strategy to modify the risks associated with longer-term use of bisphosphonate treatment, via reassessment of patients and consideration of ‘drug holidays’.

Handbook for homecare services in Wales
30/09/2014

This Handbook for Homecare Services in Wales has been adapted from the Handbook for Homecare Services in England, which was published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) in May 2014.

Prescribing of denosumab (Prolia) in Wales: Review
30/10/2013

This document is a review of the 2011 guidance and provides recommendations and guidance relating to the prescribing in Wales of denosumab (Prolia) for the prevention of osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women, and is intended to complement NICE TA204.

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