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

• The MDU
• Medical Protection Society

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

• Endorsing guidance

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

• General Medical Council (GMC)
• General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Representative organisations

GPs

• BMA
• The BMA General Practitioners Committee
• RCGP

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

• The British Association of Pharmaceutical 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