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The Dispensing Doctors' Association is pleased to offer the following links to websites that may be useful to dispensing practices.
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Charities
- Pharmaid: Annual redistribution of BNF mainly in developing countries
- Intercare: Returned and unexpired drugs distribution, mainly to Africa
Data on prescribing and dispensing
England
- Electronic Prescribing & Financial Information for Practices (ePFIP)
- The NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre: NHS publications and statistics
- Freedom of Information: Report of previous FOI requests to NHS Prescription Services. To ask a question click here
- Common Information Requests (NHS Prescription Services): Report of frequently asked questions
- PD1: Report of monthly reimbursement and remuneration based data.
- Prescribing Cost Analysis
- NHS Comparators: Healthcare information (Unfortunately data is between 12-18 months old at time of publication)
- Electronic Drug Tariff (England)
Scotland
- Information Services Division: Information on general practice
- Information on prescribing and medicines
- Prescribing Cost Analysis
- Scottish Medicines Consortium: Updated information on medicines for Scotland
- Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) clinical guidelines
- Electronic Drug Tariff (Scotland)
Wales
- The Prescribing Services Unit for Wales: Prescribing and dispensing data
- NHS Primary and Community Activity
Defence organisations
Evidence-based drug information
- Bandolier
- BNF
- Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
- Clinical Knowledge Summaries (formerly Prodigy): Multi-format information for patients and professionals on common illnesses seen in primary care (NB: Site last updated in May 2012). However, in early 2013 Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS) will be up to date again.
- The Cochrane Collaboration
- Electronic Medicines Guide
- Food and Drug Administration
- Local Decision Making: Resources for medicines management
- Medicines and prescribing support from NICE replaces NPC
- MeReC Publications (part of NPC website)for more prescribing guidance.
- Midlands Therapeutic Review and Advisory Committee
- National Prescribing Centre now a legacy website.
- Northern and Yorkshire Regional Drug & Therapeutics Centre
- US National Institutes of Health clinical trials database: Searchable database of global clinical trials
Drug Safety
- MHRA Drug Safety Update
- Yellow Card Centre: Contains links to the five regional centres
Education and training
- Buttercups Training: Training for dispensers
- Actavis Academy: Dispensary, pharmacy, and general business education
Endorsing Guidance
England
- The NHS Business Services Authority (Prescription Services)
- NHSBSA Hints and Tips
- Dispensing Endorsement Guidance for Dispensing Practices
Scotland
Wales
- NHS Wales Primary Care Services: Useful forms and documents
Government (and related) websites
England
- Care Quality Commission: Registration information for GPs
- Department of Health: Government consultations, publications and statistics
- GMS contract
- The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2013
- NHS Prescription Services
- Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
- NICE
- Statement of Financial Entitlements
- Parliament MP activity useful when formulating a letter to your MP
Scotland
- Statement of Financial Entitlements Scotland
- The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland ) Regulations 2009
- Scottish Government Health Department Health department news
- Scottish Parliament MP activity: Searchable MP database
Wales
- Welsh Assembly Government: Health and social care news
- Statement of Financial Entitlements Wales
- NHS Wales Informatics:NHS Wales IT
- Welsh Health Statistics
Monitored Dose Useful Information
- Advice for pharmacists on using MDS
- Advice from the DDA
NHS Transition
- NHS England: Responsible for GP and pharmacy commissioning, and primary care services, patient safety, including the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS)
- NHS Confederation: membership body for NHS service commissioners and providers
- NHS Clinical Commissioners: membership organisation of clinical commissioning groups
- Local Government:
- Local Government Association
- Monitor: Healthcare sector regulator for England
- Primary Care Commissioning
Patients
- National Association for patient participation
- National Patient Safety Agency: Information and advice on maintaining patient safety (see also NHS Commissioning Board)
- UK Patient Support Groups (A to Z)
Primary care news websites
- doctors.net :UK medical network
- GP Online
- Pulse
Pharmacy news websites
- Chemist + Druggist
- Community Pharmacy Scotland
- Community Pharmacy Wales
- PJ Online
- Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee
- Pharmatimes: Pharma industry news
Regulators
Representative organisations
GPs
Pharmacies
- Association of Pharmacy Technicians, UK
- The National Pharmacy Association
- Numark
- Pharmacists' Defence Association
- Pharmacy Voice
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Industry
- The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
- The Association of Pharmaceutical Specials Manufacturers
Wholesalers
Rural Health
- The British Association of Immediate Care England and Wales
- The British Association of Immediate Care Scotland
- BMA report (2005) Healthcare in a Rural Setting: Information on rural healthcare
- Centre for Rural Health: Scottish academic unit
- The Commission for Rural Communities: Independent Government advisors
- Good Practice in Rural Health and Wellbeing: Database and information from the IRH (see below)
- Institute of Rural Health: Research, education and policy analysis to promote the health and wellbeing of rural people and their communities
- The Remote Practitioners' Association of Scotland/RuralGP: Information for remote and rural GPs, GP trainees and nurses
- RCGP Rural Forum
- Rural Proofing for Health Toolkit: Information and good practice for health service delivery in rural areas
Solicitors
- D R Sceats Solicitor: Pharmaceutical (dispensing) law and practice in England and Wales.
- Lockharts Solicitors: Legal advice for England and Wales.
- Charles Russell LLP: Pharmacy regulations specialist
VAT
- HMRC Reference: Notice 701/57 Advice for UK healthcare professionals and pharmaceutical products
- HMRC Reference: Notice 701/57 Rules not pertaining primarily to health professionals
- VAT Liabilities
- General VAT information
- PBC and GP commissioning VAT liability
- DDA Online article (2014): Where are we now
- Baker Tilly: Contact: John H Barnes. Tel: 0113 285 5000 for advice and information
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