Evidence based prescribing

  1. NICE guidance search
    Search by disease, medicine or clinical topic. Use current NICE guidelines alongside local formularies rather than learning drug choices in isolation.

  2. NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries
    Practical primary-care summaries covering assessment, differential diagnosis, red flags, treatment choices, follow-up and referral.

  3. NICE NG5: Medicines optimisation
    Covers medicines reconciliation, medication review, patient decision aids, reporting errors and safe systems of care.

  4. NICE NG197: Shared decision making
    Useful for consultation-skills assessments, explaining risk, discussing alternatives and reaching an informed decision with the patient.

  5. NICE CG76: Medicines adherence
    Covers non-judgemental assessment of adherence, patients’ beliefs about medicines and tailored support.


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