Local Policies and guidance in A-Z order

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A

• Switching Oral Anti-Seizure Medication to Other Routes of Administration
• Instructions for NHS Grampian Staff on the Prescribing and Administration of Medicines Using the NHS Grampian Prescription And Administration Record
• Management of Acute Alcohol Withdrawal and Medically Assisted Withdrawal in Those At Risk, for Adults Admitted in Acute Hospitals Along with Guidance for Vitamin Replacement
  • Guidance for use of Unlicensed Parenteral Thiamine in Alcohol Dependence in Acute Hospitals
  • Guidance on Thiamine Replacement in Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome
• Guidance for the Planned Detoxification of Alcohol Dependent Patients in Community or Outpatient Settings
• Guidance for the Management of Bleeding in Patients Taking Anticoagulant, Anti-Platelet and Fibrinolytic Drugs
• Antidepressant selector
• Alert Antimicrobials, Aztreonam Guidance - see Antimicrobial Policies and Guidance
• Prescribing Guidelines for the Regular Use of One or More Antipsychotic
• Guidance the use Of High-Dose Antipsychotic Therapy (HDAT)
• Policy And Staff Guidance For The Administration Of Medicines By Career Level 3 And 4 Health Care Support Workers
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  
  • ADHD Adult Private - Recommendation to Prescribe
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Prescribing Guidance
  • Shortages - Methylphenidate (12 hour) (Intranet Only)
  • Shortages - Methylphenidate (12 hour) - Patient Information Leaflet (Intranet Only)

B

• Guidance for the Safe Prescribing of Benzodiazepines and Z Drugs and Management of Dependence in NHS Grampian
• Guidance for the Use of Buprenorphine Products for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence in NHS Grampian
• Guidance for Prescribing and Administration of Buprenorphine Subcutaneous Injection (Buvidal®) for Treatment of Opioid Dependence in Grampian
• Patient Safety: Prescribing of ‘Higher’ Strength Buprenorphine Transdermal Patches
• Bowel Preparation Products for Adult Patients Undergoing Colon Capsule Endoscopy (CCE) within NHS Scotland - See 'S' ScotCAP

C

• Controlled Drugs
  • Guidance for Hospital Pharmacy Staff in NHS Grampian on the Safe Destruction of Controlled Drugs
  • NHS Grampian Policy and Procedure For The Safe Management Of Controlled Drugs In Hospitals
    • Appendix 2 - Sample SOP Template For Safe Management Of CDs In Ward/Departments
  • Controlled Drugs Supplementary Guidance For NHS Grampian Staff Working In Operating Theatres and other Interventional Areas
    • Appendix 2 - Standard Operating Procedure
  • Guidance On Obtaining Controlled Drugs In Primary Care - Supply Routes In Exceptional Circumstances
  • Guideline For Ordering, Storing And Returning High Strength Opioids In Hospitals
  • Guidance Notes On Carrying Out Controlled Drug (CD) Assurance Checks In Wards/Departments/Community Hospitals
    • Appendix 6 - Standard Operating Procedure
  • Procedure For Dealing With Suspicious Substances Found In The Possession Of Patients, Visitors Or In NHS Grampian Premises

• Policy For The Covert Administration Of Medication In Adults For Staff Working Within NHS Grampian
  • Appendix 1 - Covert Administration Medicines Pathway
  • Appendix 2 - Covert Administration Medicines Pathway Review
  • Appendix 3 - Covert Administration Pharmacist Advice Form
• Guidance On Prescribing Cow's Milk Free Formulae To Treat Cow's Milk Protein Allergy In Children

D

• Dressings - see Joint Wound Care Formulary
• Direct Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs)
  • Direct Oral Anticoagulant (DOAC) prescribing guidance for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in adult patients with Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation (NVAF)
• Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) Guidance
• Guidance For The Management of Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia for Patients in a Care Home Setting
• Management of Omitted or Delayed Medicines Guideline - See 'O' Omitted 

E

• Guidance On The Use Of Emergency Sedation During The Escort Of Adult Patients, Detained Under the Mental Health Scotland Act (2003), to In-Patient Facilities  
• Guidelines For The Administration Of Medicines To Adults Via Enteral Tubes
• Empirical antimicrobial guidance - see Antimicrobial policies and guidance
• NHS Grampian Guidance For The Management Of Dry Eyes In Primary And Secondary Care

F

• Prescribing Guidance for Finerenone in Diabetic Kidney Disease

G

• Gentamicin - see Antimicrobial policies and guidance
• Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) and GLP-1 RA/glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor agonists (GIP RAs) for Weight Management
• Good Prescribing Guide - Primary Care - See 'P' Prescribing
• Use of Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs) within NHS Grampian Position Statement August 2024
  • Appendix 1 - Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGM) - Frequently asked questions for Healthcare Professionals
  • Appendix 2 - Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGM) - Frequently asked questions for Patients/Carers

 

• GP SLA
  • Primary Care Prescribing Efficiencies – GP Practice Agreement January 2024 - March 2024 (Intranet Only)
    • GP Practice Agreement January 2024-March 2024 Sign Up Sheet (Intranet Only) 
  • Primary Care Prescribing Efficiencies – GP Practice Keppra® to Generic Levetiracetam (Intranet Only)
  • PIL - NHSG Generic Prescribing (Intranet Only)
  • PIL - Generic Medicines Leaflet (Intranet Only)
  • Generic Prescribing Letter - Primary Care (Intranet Only)
  • Generic Prescribing Letter - Secondary Care (Intranet Only)

H

• Staff Guideline for the Management of Acute Hypokalaemia in Adults 
• Guidance For The Management Of Hypomagnesaemia In Adults 
• NHS Grampian Staff Guideline For The Management Of Acute Hypophosphataemia In Adults 
• NHS Grampian Staff Guideline for the Management of Acute Hyperkalaemia In Adults 
  • Hyperkalaemia Treatment Summary Flowchart
•  Procedure for Medicines Administration Rounds using Hospital Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (HEPMA) System and Equipment in in-patient areas
• Guidance For The Use Of Subcutaneous Furosemide By Continuous Infusion For Heart Failure [Intranet Only]
• Policy And Staff Guidance For The Administration Of Medicines By Career Level 3 And 4 Health Care Support Workers

I

• Policy for the safe handling of Non-Cytotoxic Intrathecal and Intraventricular injections other than spinal anaesthesia and analgesia 
• Policy And Procedures For The Prescribing, Preparation And Administration Of Injectable Medicines And Infusions In Near Patient Areas
• Guideline For The Adjustment Of Insulin Dose For Patients With Diabetes By Diabetes Specialist Dietitians, Cystic Fibrosis Dietitians and Specialist Weight Management Dietitians In NHS Grampian
• Guideline For The Adjustment Of Insulin By Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurses/Community Paediatric Nurses Diabetes
• IV to oral antibiotic switch therapy (IVOST) - see Antimicrobial policies and guidance

J

K

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M

• Guidance for Prescribing Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) in Community Settings for Patients Experiencing Problematic Substance Use
• Medicines Reconciliation Protocol
• Medicines As Included In The Formulary Of Nursing Care Products
• The Scottish Midwives National Formulary
• Policy for Hospital Staff Working in NHS Grampian for The Ordering, Storing and Returning High Dose Ampoules of Diamorphine and Morphine Injection - See 'D' - Diamorphine
• MRSA Community and Healthcare Settings Policies - see Infection Prevention and Control intranet

N

• NHS Grampian Mental Health Staff Guidance For The Inpatient Prescribing And Administration Of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) For Nicotine Withdrawal Symptoms
• Guidance For The Inpatient Prescribing And Administration Of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) For Nicotine Withdrawal Symptoms In The Acute Setting 
• Guidance For Services In Grampian To Supply Naloxone To People At Risk Of Opioid Overdose, Significant Others And Services In Contact With Those At Risk
• Non-formulary medicines request process flowchart
• Guidance for requests to prescribe unlicensed off-label or non-formulary medicines (including medicines awaiting consideration by or not recommended for use by the SMC) in NHS Grampian 
• Policy for requesting non-formulary licensed medicines for licensed indications (including Peer Approved Clinical System (PACS) Tier One and Tier Two see 'P'
• Policy and Framework for Non-Medical Prescribing including Independent Contractors
• Guidelines for the in-hospital management non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) patients - see 'U'

O

• Obstetric antimicrobial guidance - see Antimicrobial policies and guidance
• Guidance to prescribe unlicensed off-label or non-formulary medicines (including medicines awaiting consideration by or not recommended for use by the SMC) in NHS Grampian - see 'N' - non-formulary
• Protocol For The Prescribing And Administration Of Oral Opioids Following Trauma Or Surgery
• Management of Omitted or Delayed Medicines Guideline 
  • Prevention of Omitted Doses Poster

P

• PACS (Peer Approved Clinical System)
  • Non-formulary medicines request process
  • PACS policy for requesting non-formulary licensed medicines for licensed indications (including PACS Tier One and Tier Two)
• Paediatric emergency care weight range guidance - (Under review)
• Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy Flowchart
• NHS Grampian Guideline For Prescribing Parkinson's Disease (PD) Medication In Hospital
• Penicillin hypersensitivity, Piperacillin/Tazobactam - see Antimicrobial policies and guidance
• NHS Grampian Policy And Staff Guidance On Patient And Informal Carer Administration Of Subcutaneous Medication By Intermittent Injection - Adult Palliative Care 
  • Appendix J – Audit Form
• Guideline For The Administration Of Medicines In The Perioperative Period
• Guidance For Health Care Staff Within NHS Grampian On Working With The Pharmaceutical Industry And Suppliers Of Prescribable Health Care Products
• Instructions For NHS Grampian Staff On The Prescribing And Administration Of Medicines Using The NHS Grampian Prescription And Administration Record
• Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital (RACH) Guidance on Oral/Enteral Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) selection and administration (for children)
• Good Prescribing Guide - Primary Care

• NHS Grampian General Practice Pharmacotherapy Service Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
• NHS Grampian Guidance - Prescribing Following Private Consultation
  • Appendix 1 - Information For Patients Considering Private Medical Consultations
• Responsibilities When Requesting A Transfer Of Prescribing From Secondary Care To Primary Care 
  • Appendix 2 - Individual Patient Care Plan - Request For Transfer Of Prescribing And Monitoring To Primary Care
• Procedure for NHS Grampian staff to follow when using Potassium Permanganate within NHS Grampian In-Patient Areas [intranet only]
  
  

Q

R

• NHS Grampian Staff Guidance For Rapid Tranquillisation for Use in the Adult In-patient Setting 
• NHS Grampian Respiratory MCN Principles of Inhaler Prescribing
  • NHS Grampian Respiratory MCN - Principles of Prescribing in Adult Asthma
  • NHS Grampian Respiratory MCN - Principles of Prescribing Inhaled Therapies in COPD
• Guidance For Recording Medicines Originating In Secondary Care By General Practices in NHS Grampian

S

• Procedure For Dealing With Suspicious Substances Found In The Possession Of Patients, Visitors Or In NHS Grampian Premises - See "C" under Controlled Drugs 
• Guidance for NHS Grampian Staff on Smoking Cessation and Psychotropic Drug Interactions
• Special Formulation And Unlicensed Products In Primary Care - A Guide For Pharmacists Working Within NHS Grampian
• Guidance For Prescribing and Dispensing Stoma Appliances In Primary Care
  • Appendix 2 - Stoma Appliance Ordering – Patient Information Leaflet
• Algorithm for the Antipsychotic Treatment of Schizophrenia in Adults
• Storage Of Medicines Within Clinical Areas Policy
  • Blank Risk Assessment Form - Networked Device
  • Appendix 2 - NHS Grampian Storage of Medicines within Clinical Areas Checklist
• Guidance For The Management Of Medicine Shortages
• NHS Grampian Policy For Self-Administration Of Medicines (SAM) In Hospital
  • Appendix 1 - Patient Information Leaflet
  • Appendix 2 - Assessment and Consent Form
  • Appendix 3 - Ongoing Assessment Recording Sheet
  • Appendix 5 - Medicines Information Card
  • Appendix 6 - Patient Record of Self-Administration of Medicines
• ScotCAP Clinical Guideline - Bowel Preparation Products For Adult Patients Undergoing Colon Capsule Endoscopy (CCE) within NHS Scotland 
  • Appendix 2 - Patient Information Leaflets (document links)
• Management of Scabies in Primary Care: Information for Primary Care and Community Pharmacy 

T

• Therapeutic drug monitoring TDM (Adults)
• Guidance for use of Unlicensed Parenteral Thiamine in Alcohol Dependence in Acute Hospitals
• Guidance on Thiamine Replacement in Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome
• Tropicamide Eye Drops By Registered And Unregistered Healthcare Staff Working Within NHS Grampian Diabetic Eye Screening Service [intranet only]
• Thrombolysis in Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI)

U

• Staff Guidelines For The In-Hospital Management Of Unstable Angina And Non-ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients (17 Years And Older)

V

• Vancomycin - see Antimicrobial policies and guidance
• Policy For Handling Vaccines And Refrigerated Pharmaceutical Products For All Staff Working In NHS Grampian 
  • Appendix 1: Vaccine Handling - Example: Refrigerator – Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) For Refrigerated Pharmaceutical Products
  • NHS Grampian Vaccine and Refrigerated Pharmaceutical Products Storage and Handling Audit Checklist
• Vitamin Supplementation during in-patient admission (mental health) for alcohol withdrawal
• Management Of Acute Alcohol Withdrawal And Medically Assisted Withdrawal In Those At Risk, For Adults Admitted In Acute Hospitals Along With Guidance For Vitamin Replacement
• Guidance For Extended Pharmacological Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prophylaxis In General Surgery
• Process for Approval of Allocation of a New Primary Care Virtual Practice Code

W

• NHS Grampian Guidance For Primary Care Patients (Adult) On Warfarin Who Are Self-Managing Their International Normalised Ratio (INR) Using Point Of Care Coagulometers
• NHSG Healthcare Waste
• Weight Management - GLP-1/GIP - See "G"
• Joint Wound Care Formulary - Primary and Secondary Care

X

Y

Z