Useful links
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•Useful information regarding Cannabis-based products for medicinal use:
- Support for prescribers – the process review report
- NICE guidance – on cannabis based products for medicinal use
- Health Education England package – which you will need to register to see it.
- RCGP guidance for GPs about cannabis-based products. Information for the public is available from the NHS Choices website: medical cannabis (and cannabis oils)
•GP guidance on the role of the GP in caring for gender-questioning and transgender patients – June 2019 from the Royal College of General Practitioners
•Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
•British National Formulary (BNF) or British National Formulary for Children (BNFC)
•electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC) for summary of product characteristics or patient information leaflets about medicines
•The Academy of Medical Sciences – enhancing the use of scientific evidence to judge the potential benefits and harms of medicines
• Resources about managing patients with allergy including allergy action plans for children
•Yellow Card to report side effects from medicines, vaccine, herbal or homeopathic medicine; incidents involving medical devices; defective medicines; fake medicines; side effects or safety concerns about e-cigarettes.
•The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
•NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries
•Specialist Pharmacy Service (SPS)
•Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
•Scottish Inter collegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)
•The North West Medicines Information Centre runs the National Dental Medicines Information Service (NWMIC). This is available Monday to Friday 08.30 to 17.00 by phone on 0151 794 8113 or nwmedinfo@nhs.net
•Moving Medicine: Prescribing Movement
•Physical activity infographics including for people with disabilities, pregnant women, children
•Everybody active, every day: framework for physical activity