The All Wales Medicines Strategy Group (AWMSG) aims to encourage the prescribing of medicines that offer the best health outcomes improving the quality of life for patients living in Wales. The overall aim of the value-based prescribing programme is to optimise the usage of medicines to deliver increased value.
The purpose of this document is to set out the strategic approach for the value-based prescribing programme; summarising the background to the work and providing a structure for the proposed work to progress.
Medicines included within the value-based prescribing programme are categorised into five domains. On this page are details for all medicines that have been grouped within the domain of ‘Optimal prescribing for higher health gain’.