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UKMi Essential Resources List for Medicines Information
Services
This is a list of resources (books, databases, websites/web-based resources, journals
etc.) considered essential for MI services to provide a safe and efficient service to users.
It is intended to provide guidance to local MI managers, regional MI managers and senior
pharmacy managers. The list should be used as an aid to purchasing decisions relevant
to MI services.
Format of the List
The books, databases and websites/web-based resources are organised into therapeutic
categories e.g. Adverse effects, Paediatrics etc. Within each category the resources are
divided into Books and E-sources (databases or websites/web-based resources). The
lists are colour coded accordingly.
Journals, Training Tools and Enquiry Recording databases are listed separately.
It is recognised that the requirements of individual MI centres (MICs) are different and will
depend on the service offered by each centre, the size of the base hospital and the nature
of the Trust in which the unit is situated. Where this affects the holding of a resource, this
is indicated within the list.
Comments are included where necessary to clarify what is acceptable from a QA point of
view e.g. if a textbook is available online, or to provide other helpful tips.

Books and databases
These are divided into three groups:
-
Local MIC = resources considered essential for all local MICs to hold
-
Regional MIC = resources considered essential for all regional MICs to hold
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Supplementary = resources that may enhance the service offered by MICs, whether
locally or regionally based
ISBN numbers are included when appropriate and approximate costs are stated to give
the list user an idea of what the purchase price of a particular resource is (see also UKMi
Discounted Subscriptions section and Appendix 1 below).
Editions and associated publication dates are also included.

Databases
For the purposes of this list, databases are defined as those that require a paid
subscription in order to access them.

Websites/web-based resources
The websites/web-based resources included are produced by reputable/well known
organisations only. The inclusions are intended as a guide to the websites and web-based
resources that are essential inclusions in ‘Internet Favourites’ lists for enquiry answering
at both local and regional MICs. It is not intended to be exhaustive.
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Note – included in the websites/web-based resources section are the “Approved
Information Sources for Medicines Calls” that are routinely used by NHS Direct staff. All MI
services involved with NHS Direct calls should be fully aware of these resources .
The resources included should be used in conjunction with the guidance document
“Effective Use of the Internet for Enquiry Answering”. Any site not included should be
evaluated using the quality indicators in the aforementioned document before use.
Addresses (URLs) are provided, however it should be noted that these are liable to
change. They were correct at the time of publication.
Warning
UKMi cannot assure the quality of any site that is not produced by UKMi itself. Inclusion on
this list does not constitute a ‘quality seal’ by UKMi. All users of the websites or web-based
resources listed here are responsible for assessing the quality and appropriateness of the
resource and information retrieved prior to use for enquiry answering.

Journals
All MICs should have access* to the journals listed as a minimum. Other journals may be
accessible or subscribed to, dependant on available funding and requirements of the MI
service or pharmacy department as a whole.
*Access = paper or electronic access within own MI centre OR paper or electronic access
via Trust Medical Library OR electronic access via national library arrangements (i.e.
National Core Content in England, HOWIS in Wales etc.)
Using the List for Quality Assurance (QA) purposes
The list forms an important part of the UKMi QA process and as such, a “QA check” box is
included to allow use of the document as a checklist.
Both local and regional MI centres should hold 100% of the resources listed as being
essential. The supplementary resources that are relevant to individual centres in terms of
enquiry type and Trust speciality should also be held. Recommendations and advice on
the supplementary resources will be given via the formal QA visit.
Both local and regional MI centres should include 100% of the websites/web-based
resources in Internet favourites or a similar list, such that all MI staff can access these
resources for enquiry answering. A list of URLs and hyperlinks can be downloaded from
the UKMi website for this purpose.
UKMi Discounted Subscriptions
The UKMi Executive has negotiated a number of discounted subscriptions for resources
contained within this list. These are indicated in the list with *UKMi Deal* in the comments
section for the relevant resource. Further details of the discounts (including costs and
ordering arrangements) are provided in Appendix 1.
Updating the List
The Essential Resources list will be updated with new editions etc. on an ongoing basis
and details of any updated resources will be published on the ‘What’s New’ section of the
UKMi website. The Clinical Governance Working Group will formally review the contents
of the Essential Resources list annually. The revised list will be published on the UKMi
website.
Suggestions for additions or deletions are always welcome and can be forwarded to
[email protected]
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Resources are listed under the headings below. Click on the heading to locate the
section you require.
General
Adverse effects
Availability
Complementary medicine
Contraception and hormone replacement
therapy
Cytotoxics
Diagnostic tests
Dictionaries
Drug abuse
Drug administration
Drug interactions
Evidence based medicine
Infections
Legal and ethical
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New products
Paediatrics
Palliative care
Patient information
Pharmaceutical
Pharmacokinetics
Pregnancy and lactation
Psychiatry
Renal impairment
Statistics
Surgery
Therapeutics
Travel
Wound management and dressings
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General
Books
QA
Check
Title
Authors/
Publisher
Edition
(year)
Local
MIC
Region.
MIC
Supp.
Est.
Cost
AHFS Drug Information
McEvoy, GK (ed)
American Society
of Health-System
Pharmacists
Current
edition:
annual
Y
Y
N
£150
paper
Free electronic access available
via Medscape:
www.medscape.com (search the
“druginfo” section)
Also available via Medicines
Complete *UKMi Deal* (See
contact below for pricing details)
British National
Formulary
BMA and RPSGB
Current
edition:
twice
yearly
Y
Y
N
Free
One paper copy considered
essential for each MI centre, but
also available online via:
www.bnf.org/bnf
Drug Tariff
The Stationery
Office
Current
edition:
monthly
Y
Y
N
Free
Paper copy free. Also available
online via :
www.ppa.org.uk/ppa/edt_intro.htm
Martindale, the
Complete Drug
Reference
Sweetman, S (ed)
Pharmaceutical
Press
35th
(2006)
Y
Y
N
£350
CD-ROM, or online version (via
Medicines Complete) acceptable
for QA purposes.
*UKMi Deal* (for Medicines
Complete)
Dollery, C et al
Churchill
Livingstone
2nd
(1999)
N
Y
Y
£250
CD-ROM version acceptable for
QA purposes
Edition
Local
MIC
Region.
MIC
Supp.
Est.
Cost
ISBN:
1585281174
ISBN:
085369687X
Therapeutic Drugs
ISBN:
0443051488
Comments
E-sources – Databases
Title
Publishers
Iowa Drug Information
Service (IDIS)
University of Iowa,
USA Lexi-Comp
Inc. (USA)
N/A
N
N
Y
£3000
per
year
Pharm-line
Guy’s Hospital,
London
N/A
Y
Y
N
TICTAC
Virtual Health
Network
Updated
4 times
a year
N
Y
N
£550
per
year
£1500
QA
Comments
Check
Supplementary for regional MICs
only.
Available online via
http://itsnt14.its.uiowa.edu/
Available online via www.pharmline.nhs.uk
Available as a CD-ROM.
Currently provided free to regional
MI centres.
E-sources – Websites/web-based resources
Name
Address (URL)
Authors/Publisher
electronic Medicines
Compendium (eMC)
http://emc.medicines.org.uk/
MIMS
Monthly Index of
Medical Specialities
www.emims.net
Haymarket Medical Pubs.
OTC Directory
www.medicinechestonline.co.uk
Proprietary Association of
Great Britain
Medline
England: http://nhs.dialog.com/
Wales: http://howis.wales.nhs.uk
Scotland: www.elib.scot.nhs.uk
National Library of
Medicine
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QA
Check
Comments
DataPharm
Communications Ltd.
Username and password required.
NB. Access free to MICs – contact
regional centre for details if not
registered.
Paper copy is distributed free of
charge by the Proprietary
Association of Great Britain.
Via national library arrangements.
Athens password required
(England)
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EMBASE
England: http://nhs.dialog.com/
Wales: http://howis.wales.nhs.uk
Scotland: www.elib.scot.nhs.uk
UKMi
Elsevier
Via national library arrangements.
Athens password required
(England)
www.ukmi.nhs.uk
UKMi
NeLM
National electronic
Library for Medicines
www.nelm.nhs.uk
UKMi
Note – some areas are password
protected – contact regional centre
for password
Registration required (free) for
email alerts
NLH
National Library for
Health
www.library.nhs.uk/
DoH
Department of Health
www.dh.gov.uk
MHRA
Medicines & Healthcare
Regulatory Agency
http://www.mhra.gov.uk/home/idcplg?IdcSe
rvice=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=5
Connecting for Health
(NHS)
Athens password required for
some resources (England)
DoH
MHRA
Adverse Effects
Books
Title
Meyler’s Side Effects of
Drugs: The
International
Encyclopedia of
Adverse Drug
Reactions and
Interactions
Authors/
Publisher
Edition
(year)
Local
MIC
Region.
MIC
Supp.
Est.
Cost
Aronson, J (ed)
Elsevier
15th
(2006)
Y
Y
N
£515
Aronson, JK
Elsevier
Lee, A
Pharmaceutical
Press
Current
year
2nd
(2006)
N
N
Y
£150
N
N
Y
£25
QA
Check
Note – Now in six volumes.
Online version acceptable for QA
purposes.
Online subscription available.
Two options exist for payment.
Option 1 is an annual subscription
which increases annually by 5%.
Option 2 is a one-off payment plus
an annual fee. Costs are available
from your Regional Centre.
Order direct from Elsevier:
Mary Higham
Account Executive – Global
Accounts
Elsevier BV
Radarweg 29
1043 NX Amsterdam
Netherlands
Supplementary resource for
Regional MICs only
ISBN:
0444509984
Side Effects of Drugs
Annuals
Adverse Drug
Reactions
Comments
ISBN:
0853696012
E-sources – Websites/web-based resources
Name
Address (URL)
Authors/Publisher
CHM (previously CSM)
Commission on Human
Medicines, including
Current Problems in
Pharmacovigilance
www.mhra.gov.uk/home/idcplg?IdcService=
SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=863
CHM/MHRA
Drug Analysis Prints
(DAPs)
www.mhra.gov.uk/home/idcplg?IdcService=
SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=741
QA
Check
Comments
www.mhra.gov.uk/home/idcplg?IdcService=
SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=368
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Availability
E-sources - Websites/web-based resources
Name
Address (URL)
Authors/Publisher
Solutions
www.uclhsolutions.com/login.php
IDIS World Medicines
www.idis.co.uk
Durbin PLC
www.durbin.co.uk
NHS Purchasing and
Supply Agency (PaSA)
– Pharmaceuticals
www.pasa.nhs.uk/PASAWeb
QA
Check
Comments
UCLH NHS Trust
Registration required (free)
IDIS World Medicines
Registration required (free)
Durbin PLC
PaSA
Vaccine Update publication
available
Complementary Medicine
Books
Title
Aromatherapy for
Health Professionals
ISBN:
0443062102
Herbal Medicines
ISBN:
978 0 85369 623 0
Homeopathic
Pharmacy
ISBN:
04433101604
Dietary Supplements
ISBN:
978 0 85369 653 7
Authors/
Publisher
Edition
(year)
Local
MIC
Region.
MIC
Supp.
Est.
Cost
Price, S et al
Churchill
Livingstone
2nd
(2000)
N
N
Y
£20
Barnes, J et al
Pharmaceutical
Press
3nd
(2007)
N
N
Y
£75
Kayne, S
Churchill
Livingstone
2nd
(2006)
N
N
Y
£35
Mason, P
Pharmaceutical
Press
3rd
(2007)
N
N
Y
£40
Edition
Local
MIC
Region.
MIC
Supp.
Y
Y
N
QA
Check
Comments
CD-ROM or online version (via
Medicines Complete) acceptable
for QA purposes. *UKMi Deal*
NB. – This resource is essential if
the Natural Medicines
Comprehensive Database (NMCD)
is not held; however, the NMCD is
the preferred resource.
Online version (via Medicines
Complete) acceptable but see
*UKMi Deal*
E-sources – Databases
Title
Natural Medicines
Comprehensive
Database
Publishers
Therapeutic
Research Centre,
Stockton, Canada
Updated
daily
online.
Bulletins
sent to
users 4
times a
year
Est.
Cost
QA
Comments
Check
£250
per
year
Available online via
www.naturaldatabase.com
Local MICs must not rely on
regional MICs or the Welsh MIC to
provide copies of monographs as
this is a breach of their database
licence. *UKMi Deal*
E-sources – Websites/web-based resources
Name
Address (URL)
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Authors/Publisher
QA
Check
Comments
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Safety of Herbal
Medicines
www.mhra.gov.uk/home/idcplg?IdcService=
SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=96
MHRA
Contraception and Hormone Replacement Therapy
Books
Title
Contraception: Your
Questions Answered
ISBN:
0443073430
The Pill
ISBN:
0198566131
Authors/
Publisher
Edition
(year)
Local
MIC
Region.
MIC
Supp.
Est.
Cost
Guillebaud J
Churchill
Livingstone
4th
(2004)
Y
Y
N
£25
Guillebaud J
Oxford University
Press
6th
(2005)
N
N
Y
£10
QA
Check
Comments
QA
Check
Comments
E-sources - Websites/web-based resources
Name
Address (URL)
IPPF Directory of
Hormonal
Contraceptives
http://contraceptive.ippf.org
Family Planning
Association
www.fpa.org.uk
Faculty of Family
Planning and
Reproductive
Healthcare
www.ffprhc.org.uk/
Authors/Publisher
International Planned
Parenthood Federation
Registration required (free)
Recommended and used by the
RPSGB Information Service to
identify foreign contraceptive pills.
Family Planning
Association
Useful guidelines including choice
of a contraceptive agent at different
ages, in breast feeding,
inflammatory bowel disease,
interactions, missed pills and using
pills outside their product licence,
EHC and product reviews.
Cytotoxics
Books
Title
Cytotoxics Handbook
ISBN:
1857755049
Authors/
Publisher
Allwood, M et al
Radcliffe Medical
press
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Edition
(year)
Local
MIC
Region.
MIC
Supp.
Est.
Cost
4th
(2002)
N
N
Y
£90
QA
Check
Comments
Most manufacturing units hold this
resource. Essential for MI centres
answering a significant number of
cytotoxic-related enquiries.
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Diagnostic Tests
Books
Title
Special Tests: the
procedure and meaning
of some of the
commoner tests in
hospital
ISBN:
0723432899
Oxford Handbook of
Clinical and Laboratory
Investigation
Authors/
Publisher
Edition
(year)
Local
MIC
Region.
MIC
Supp.
Est.
Cost
Evans, D et al
Mosby
15th
(2003)
Y
Y
N
£15
Provan D, et al
Oxford University
Press
2nd
(2005)
N
N
Y
£25
QA
Check
Comments
QA
Check
Comments
ISBN:
0198566638
Dictionaries
Books
Title
Medical Abbreviations
and Eponyms
ISBN:
0721670881
Stedman’s Concise
Medical Dictionary
Authors/
Publisher
Edition
(year)
Local
MIC
Region.
MIC
Supp.
Est.
Cost
Sloane, SB and
Saunders, WB
Saunders
2nd
(1997)
N
N
Y
£30
Stedman, T
Krieger Publishing
Company
4th
(2001)
Y
Y
N
£20
An appropriate medical dictionary
should be held or accessible
online.
A very good example of paper
version is Stedman’s but any
equivalent is acceptable for QA
purposes.
Online access – see below.
ISBN:
0781730120
E-sources - Websites/web-based resources
Name
Medical Dictionary
accessible via the
National Library for
Health
Address (URL)
Authors/Publisher
www.library.nhs.uk
QA
Check
National Library for
Health
Comments
A very good example of an online
dictionary. Any equivalent is
acceptable for QA purposes.
See above also.
Drug Abuse
Books
Title
Drugs of Abuse
ISBN:
0853695822
Authors/
Publisher
Wills, S
Pharmaceutical
Press
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Edition
(year)
Local
MIC
Region.
MIC
Supp.
Est.
Cost
2nd
(2005)
N
Y
Y
£25
QA
Check
Comments
Supplementary text for local MICs
only
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E-sources - Websites/web-based resources
Name
Address (URL)
Authors/Publisher
The Orange Guide
Drug Misuse and
Dependence –
Guidelines on Clinical
Management
DrugScope
www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/07/81/98/040
78198.pdf
DoH (England, Wales,
Scotland & NI)
National Institute on
Drug Abuse
www.nida.nih.gov
Talk to Frank
www.talktoFrank.com
www.drugscope.org.uk
QA
Check
Comments
QA
Check
Comments
DrugScope
The National Institute
on Drug Abuse (US)
DoH / Home Office
Drug Administration
Books
Title
Handbook of Drug
Administration via
Enteral Feeding Tubes
ISBN:
978 0 85369 648 3
The NEWT Guidelines
for Administration of
Medicines to patients
with Enteral Feeding
Tubes or Swallowing
Difficulties
ISBN:
0955251508
Handbook on Injectable
Drugs
ISBN:
158281507
The Syringe Driver:
Continuous
Subcutaneous
Infusions in Palliative
Care
ISBN:
019856693X
Intravenous Drug
Administration Guides
Authors/
Publisher
Edition
(year)
Local
MIC
Region.
MIC
Supp.
Est.
Cost
White, R and
Bradnam, V
Pharmaceutical
Press
1st
(2006)
Y*
Y*
N
£40
Smyth JA
North East Wales
NHS Trust
1st
(2006)
Y*
Y*
N
£25
Trissel, LA
American Society
of Health-System
Pharmacists
14th
(2006)
Y
Y
N
£140
Dickman, A et al
Oxford University
Press
2nd
(2005)
Y
Y
N
£25
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
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*UKMi recommends that all MI
centres should hold at least one of
these resources.
Both texts available directly from
relevant hospitals.
UKMi recommends that all MI
centres have access to good
quality IV administration guidance.
This may be in the form of local
guidelines or more formally
published information provided by
some large UK Trusts.
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E-sources - Websites/web-based resources
Name
IV Guide
Address (URL)
Authors/Publisher
http://medusa.wales.nhs.uk
QA
Check
Various Trusts
Health of Wales
Information Service
Comments
Registration required
NB. Only available free to
contributing Trusts, all Trusts in
Wales & N Ireland.
Drug Interactions
Books
Title
Stockley’s Drug
Interactions
ISBN:
085369561X
Drug Interactions,
Analysis and
Management
Authors/
Publisher
Stockley, I
Pharmaceutical
Press
Hansten, PD and
Horn, JR
Facts and
Comparisons
Edition
(year)
Local
MIC
Region.
MIC
Supp.
Est.
Cost
7th
(2006)
Y
Y
N
£200
Updated
quarterly
N
N
Y
£120
(ann.
fee)
QA
Check
Comments
CD-ROM or online version (via
Medicines Complete) acceptable
for QA purposes.
*UKMi Deal*
ISBN:
1754390953
E-sources - Websites/web-based resources
Name
Address (URL)
Authors/Publisher
HIV Drug Interactions
www.hiv-druginteractions.org
The University of
Liverpool
Indiana University
cytochrome P450
website
Medscape drug
interaction checker
http://medicine.iupui.edu/flockhart/
Indiana University
www.medscape.com/druginfo/druginteractio
nchecker
QA
Check
Comments
Free registration and ‘flash plug in’
software required
Medscape
Evidence Based Medicine
E-sources - Websites/web-based resources
Name
Address (URL)
Authors/Publisher
QA
Check
Comments
Bandolier
www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier OR via
www.library.nhs.uk
OR www.wales.nhs.uk OR
http://howis.wales.nhs.uk OR
www.elib.scot.nhs.uk
Pain Research Group
Oxford
Free access provided by National
Library for Health (England), Health
of Wales Information Service & eLibrary (Scotland)
The Cochrane Library
Via www.library.nhs.uk
OR www.wales.nhs.uk OR
http://howis.wales.nhs.uk OR
www.elib.scot.nhs.uk
The Cochrane
Foundation
John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Free access provided by National
Library for Health (England), Health
of Wales Information Service & eLibrary (Scotland)
MeReC Publications
www.npc.co.uk/merec.htm
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National Prescribing
Centre
10
NICE
National Institute for
Health and Clinical
Excellence
Prodigy
SIGN
Scottish Intercollegiate
Guidelines Network
WeMeRec Bulletins
www.nice.org.uk
NICE
www.prodigy.nhs.uk
OR via www.nlh.nhs.uk OR via
www.library.nhs.uk
www.sign.ac.uk
Prodigy
SIGN
www.wemerec.org
Welsh Medicines
Resource Centre
Centre for Reviews
and Dissemination
www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/index
University of York
Best Treatments
www.besttreatments.co.uk/btuk/home.html
HTA assessments
www.hta.nhsweb.nhs.uk/aboutHTA.htm
BMJ Publishing
Website produced by the BMJ
Publishing Group based on “Clinical
Evidence” in a patient friendly
format. Also accessible via NHS
Direct website. Currently free but
may not remain so.
Many of these evaluations inform
NICE guidance
National Coordinating
Centre for HTA
Infections
E-sources - Websites/web-based resources
Name
Address (URL)
Authors/Publisher
The Green Book
Immunisation Against
Infectious Disease
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Policyandguidance
/Healthandsocialcaretopics/Greenbook/DH_
4097254
DoH
NHS Immunisation
Information
www.immunisation.nhs.uk
DoH
HPA
Health Protection
Agency
www.hpa.org.uk
HPA
QA
Check
Comments
Free paper copy available by
phoning 0845 954 0000 or e-mailing
[email protected]
leaving a name, occupation,
address & RPSGB registration
number.
Legal & Ethical
Books
Title
Dale and Applebe’s
Pharmacy Law & Ethics
ISBN:
0853696047
Medicines, Ethics &
Practice – A Guide for
Pharmacists
Authors/
Publisher
Edition
(year)
Local
MIC
Region.
MIC
Supp.
Est.
Cost
Applebe, G and
Wingfield, J
Pharmaceutical
Press
8th
(2005)
Y
Y
N
£35
RPSGB
29th
(2005)
Y
Y
N
Free
or
£15
QA
Check
Comments
Free to all registered Pharmacists
ISBN:
0853696306
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New Products
E-sources - Websites/web-based resources
Name
Address (URL)
Authors/Publisher
NDO
New Drugs Online
www.nelm.nhs.uk/search/product.aspx?id=
123
UKMi
Pre-launch reviews
www.nelm.nhs.uk
QA
Check
Registration required (free). It is
recommended that you register for
‘Plans and budgets’ access to
obtain the maximum level of
information. Key information may
be missed if only registered for
ukmimember access.
Registration required (free)
NPC/UKMi
www.pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/publichealth/horizo
n/
Comments
National horizon
scanning centre,
Birmingham
UKMi
Post-launch reviews
www.nelm.nhs.uk
Patents Database
Online
www.ukmi.nhs.uk/med_info/patent.asp
Prescribing Outlook
www.nelm.nhs.uk
UKMi
SMC reviews
www.scottishmedicines.org.uk/
SMC
UKMiCentral
UKMi username and password
required
Registration required (free)
Paediatrics
Books
Title
BNF for Children
ISBN:
0853696268
Neonatal Formulary:
Drug Use in Pregnancy
& the First Year of Life
Authors/
Publisher
Edition
(year)
Local
MIC
Region.
MIC
Supp.
Est.
Cost
BMA, RPSGB,
RCPCH & NPPG
Current
edition:
annual
Y
Y
N
Free
Northern Neonatal
Network (Ed)
Blackwell
Publishing
5th
(2006)
N
N
Y
£40
QA
Check
Paper copy considered essential,
but also available online via
http://bnfc.org/bnfc/. and Medicines
Complete but see *UKMi Deal*
Supplementary for local and
regional MICs but essential for
those centres with a significant
neonatal responsibility
ISBN:
9781405145176
Paediatric Formulary
Guy’s, St Thomas’
and Lewisham
Hospitals
7th
(2005)
N
N
Y
Comments
Updates can be found at
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com
/medicine/bmj/nnf5/drugs.asp
Supplementary for local and
regional MICs but essential for
those centres with a significant
paediatric responsibility
£20
E-sources - Websites/web-based resources
Name
DIAL
Address (URL)
www.dial.org.uk
Version 1.12
Date of preparation: October 2007
Authors/Publisher
Medicines Information
Royal Liverpool
Children’s NHS Trust
(Alder Hey)
QA
Check
Comments
Registration required (free)
12
Palliative Care
Books
Title
A Guide to Symptom
Relief in Palliative Care
ISBN:
1857759303
Palliative Care
Formulary
Authors/
Publisher
Editio
n
(year)
Local
MIC
Region.
MIC
Supp.
Est.
Cost
QA
Check
Regnard, CFB and
Hockley, J
Radcliffe Medical
Press
5th
(2004)
N
Y
Y
£25
Supplementary resource for local
MICs only
Twycross, R and
Wilcock, A (eds)
Palliativedrugs.com
3rd
(2007)
Y
Y
N
£40
Online access acceptable for QA
purposes, via:
www.palliativedrugs.com
Book may be ordered from
www.palliativebooks.com
ISBN:
978-0-9552547-1
Comments
E-sources - Websites/web-based resources
Name
Palliativedrugs.com
Address (URL)
Authors/Publisher
www.palliativedrugs.com
QA
Check
Robert Twycross and
Andrew Wilcock
Comments
Includes access to Palliative Care
Formulary
Registration required (free)
Patient Information
E-sources - Websites/web-based resources
Name
Address (URL)
Authors/Publisher
NHS Direct Online
www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
NHS Direct
Netdoctor
www.netdoctor.co.uk
Collaboration of UK and
European healthcare
professionals
www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/
Patient UK
www.patient.co.uk
Medicines Guides
http://medguides.medicines.org.uk/
QA
Check
Comments
For information about drugs, search
the “Medicines” section. Searching
the whole site will reveal lots of
irrelevant material
Patient Information
Publications / Egton
Medical Information
Systems
Datapharm
Communications Ltd
Pharmaceutical
E-sources - Websites/web-based resources
Name
Address (URL)
Authors/Publisher
The Fridge Database
www.ukmi.nhs.uk/Secure/Fridge/Index.asp
UKMi
UKMi username and password
required
Latex Content
Database
www.ukmicentral.nhs.uk/secure/latex_datab
ase/default.asp
Katy Grimble
Queens Medical Centre
Nottingham /
UKMiCentral
UKMi username and password
required
Version 1.12
Date of preparation: October 2007
QA
Check
Comments
13
Pinderfields Guide
Stability of Drugs in
Compliance Aids
Pro-file Database
Sourcing unlicensed
‘special’ medicinal
products
www.nelm.nhs.uk/Record%20Viewing/view
Record.aspx?id=543972
R Ishak & U Rashid
NeLM
Guy’s and St Thomas’
Hospital NHS Trust
www.pro-file.nhs.uk
Free registration required
Pharmacokinetics
Books
Title
Basic Clinical
Pharmacokinetics
ISBN:
0781741475
Authors/
Publisher
Winter, ME
Lippincott,
Williams and
Wilkins
Edition
(year)
Local
MIC
Region.
MIC
Supp.
Est.
Cost
4th
(2003)
Y
Y
N
£35
QA
Check
Comments
QA
Check
Comments
Pregnancy and Lactation
Books
Title
Drugs in Pregnancy
and Lactation
ISBN:
0781756510
Medication and
Mothers’ Milk
ISBN-10:
0-9772268-3-2
Handbook of Obstetric
Medicine
ISBN:
9781841845807
Drugs during
Pregnancy and
Lactation
Authors/
Publisher
Edition
(year)
Local
MIC
Region.
MIC
Supp.
Est.
Cost
Briggs, G et al
Lippincott,
Williams and
Wilkins
7th
(2005)
N
N
Y
£50
Hale, T
Pharmasoft
Medical
12th
(2006)
Y
Y
N
£25
Nelson-Piercy, C
Taylor & Francis
Ltd
3rd
(2006)
N
N
Y
£30
Supplementary resource for local
MICs only
Schaefer, C
Elsevier Science
2nd
(2007)
Y
Y
Y
£30
Rubin, P BMJ
Books
3rd
(2000)
N
N
Y
£20
Available from
http://books.elsevier.com/uk//phar
matox/uk/subindex.asp?maintarget
=&isbn=9780444520722&country=
United+Kingdom&srccode=&ref=C
WS1&subcode=&head=&pdf=&bas
iccode=&txtSearch=&SearchField=
&operator=&order=&community=p
harmatox
Note: This text should not be used
as a ‘stand alone’ source due to its
publication date.
Lee, A et al
Radcliffe Press
1st
(2000)
N
N
Y
£25
ISBN:
978-0-444-52072-2
Prescribing in
Pregnancy
ISBN:
0444507639
Therapeutics in
Pregnancy and
Lactation
Note – this text has
supplementary as the new edition
of Schaefer is available. The
content of Schaefer is considered
to be more user-friendly and
applicable than that provided by
Briggs.
Electronic access is available at a
cost of $40 at
http://www.ibreastfeeding.com/html
/mmm%20online_info.html
Note: This text should not be used
as a ‘stand alone’ source due to its
publication date.
ISBN:
1857752694
Version 1.12
Date of preparation: October 2007
14
E-sources - Websites/web-based resources
Name
Address (URL)
Authors/Publisher
TOXBASE
www.spib.axl.co.uk
Drugs in Lactation
www.ukmicentral.nhs.uk/drugpreg/guide.ht
m
Royal College of
Obstetrics and
Gynaecology
http://www.rcog.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=
8
QA
Check
NTIS*
National Poisons
Information Service
UKMi Central
Comments
*Pregnancy information only
Registration required (free)
Guidance & Quick Reference Guide
A range of guidelines on women’s
health is available
Royal College of
Obstetrics and
Gynaecology
Psychiatry
Books
Title
Psychotropic Drug
Directory
ISBN:
0954919386
Maudsley Prescribing
Guidelines
ISBN:
041542416X
Case Studies in
Psychopharmacology
Authors/
Publisher
Edition
(year)
Local
MIC
Region.
MIC
Supp.
Est.
Cost
Bazire, S
Healthcomm UK
Ltd
2007
Y
Y
N
£25
Taylor, D et al
Informa UK Ltd
9th
(2007)
Y
Y
N
£23
Taylor, D and
Paton, C
Martin Dunitz
2nd
(2002)
N
N
Y
£30
QA
Check
Comments
QA
Check
Comments
ISBN:
1841841544
Renal Impairment
Books
Title
Drug Prescribing in
Renal Failure: Dosing
Guidelines for Adults
ISBN:
0943126762
The Renal Drug
Handbook
Authors/
Publisher
Edition
(year)
Local
MIC
Region.
MIC
Supp.
Est.
Cost
Aronoff, GR et al
American College
of Physicians
4th
(1999)
N
N
Y
£20
Ashley, C et al
Radcliffe Medical
Press
2nd
(2004)
Y
Y
N
£40
ISBN:
1857758730
Version 1.12
Date of preparation: October 2007
15
Statistics
E-sources – websites/web-based resources
Name
Statistics in Divided
Doses
Address (URL)
Authors/Publisher
www.ukmi.nhs.uk/activities/Research/defaul
t.asp?pageRef=27
North West MIC
UKMi
QA
Check
Comments
QA
Check
Comments
QA
Check
Comments
Surgery
Books
Title
Oxford Handbook of
Clinical Surgery
Authors/
Publisher
McLatchie GR
Oxford Medical
Pubs.
Edition
(year)
Local
MIC
Region.
MIC
Supp.
Est.
Cost
2nd
(2002)
N
N
Y
£20
ISBN:
0192626388
Therapeutics
Books
Title
Applied Therapeutics:
The Clinical Use of
Drugs
ISBN:
0781748453
Clinical Medicine
ISBN:
0702027634
Clinical Pharmacy and
Therapeutics
ISBN:
0443071373
Goodman and Gilman’s
Pharmacological Basis
of Therapeutics
ISBN:
0071422803
Oxford Textbook of
Medicine (3 vols)
ISBNs:
019852787X
0198527888
0198527896
Oxford Handbook of
Clinical Medicine
Authors/
Publisher
Edition
(year)
Local
MIC
Region.
MIC
Supp.
Est.
Cost
Koda-Kimble MA
et al
Lippincott,
Williams and
Wilkins
8th
(2004)
N
N
Y
£50
Kumar, P and
Clark, M
Elsevier
6th
(2005)
N
N
Y
£40
Walker, R and
Edwards, C
Churchill
Livingstone
3rd
(2002)
N
N
Y
£40
Gilman, AG et al
Blackwell
11th
(2005)
N
N
Y
£85
Wetherall, DJ et al
Oxford University
Press
4th
(2005)
N
N
Y
£350
Longmore, M et al
Oxford University
Press
6th
(2004)
Y
Y
N
£20
Note – UKMi recommends that at
least one of these resources be
held by both local and regional
MICs.
The choice of texts selected is left
to the individual centre, taking into
account potential usefulness and
user groups (e.g. diploma students,
etc)
Most hospital libraries hold this
resource
ISBN:
0198525583
Version 1.12
Date of preparation: October 2007
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The Merck Manual of
Diagnosis and
Treatment
Berkow, R et al
Merck and Co.
18th
(2006)
Y
Y
N
£33
Online access acceptable for QA
purposes, via:
www.merck.com/mrkshared/mman
ual/home.jsp
ISBN:
0911910107
E-sources – Databases
Title
Publishers
Drugdex Database
Lexi-Comp
Edition
Thomson
Healthcare
(USA)
Lexi-Comp Inc.
(USA)
Local
MIC
Region.
MIC
Supp.
N/A
Y*
Y
N
N/A
Y*
Y
N
Est.
Cost
QA
Comments
Check
£2750
per
year
£400
per
year
Drugdex available as a quarterly
CD-ROM or online via
www.micromedex.com
Lexi-Comp available online via
www.lexi.com.
*Drugdex is the preferred choice if
funding is available.
NB. The databases are not
equivalent in content; for
information comparing the two
databases, see report on the UKMi
website.
Alternatives are under review.
Please contact your Regional
centre for details.
Travel
E-sources – Databases
Title
Travax
Publishers
Edition
Health Protection,
Scotland
N/A
Local
MIC
Region.
MIC
Supp.
N
N
Y
Est.
Cost
QA
Comments
Check
£100
Available online via
www.travax.nhs.uk
Recommended if large numbers of
travel enquiries are handled.
E-sources – websites/web-based resources
Name
Address (URL)
Authors/Publisher
Health Information for
Overseas Travel
www.the-stationeryoffice.co.uk/doh/hinfo/index.htm
DoH
Malaria Reference
Laboratory
www.malaria-reference.co.uk
HPA
NPA Malaria
Prophylaxis Leaflet
www.nelm.nhs.uk/Record%20Viewing/view
Record.aspx?id=519430
NPA Vaccine
Requirements for
Travellers Abroad
Leaflet
www.nelm.nhs.uk/Record%20Viewing/view
Record.aspx?id=550059
National Travel Health
Network and Centre
(NaTHNaC)
Health Advice for
Travellers
http://www.nathnac.org/
www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/Health
AdviceForTravellers/fs/en
Version 1.12
Date of preparation: October 2007
QA
Check
Comments
National
Pharmaceutical
Association
UKMi
National
Pharmaceutical
Association
UKMi
Users must be logged into the
NeLM website to access this
National Travel Health
Network and Centre
DoH
DoH
Link to www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk
Users must be logged into the
NeLM website to access this
17
Wound Management and Dressings
Books
Title
Formulary of Wound
Management Products
Authors/
Publisher
Morgan, D
Euromed
Communications
Edition
(year)
Local
MIC
Region.
MIC
Supp.
Est.
Cost
9th
(2004)
N
N
Y
£10
QA
Check
Comments
QA
Check
Comments
ISBN:
189901554X
E-sources – websites/web-based resources
Name
Dressings.org
Address (URL)
www.dressings.org
Version 1.12
Date of preparation: October 2007
Authors/Publisher
Surgical Materials
Testing Laboratory
18
Journals
Title
Authors /
Publishers
Local
MIC
Region.
MIC
Supp.
British Medical Journal
(BMJ)
BMJ Publishing
Y
Y
N
Est.
Cost
(per
year)
£400
QA
Comments
Drug and Therapeutics
Bulletin (DTB)
BMJ Group
Y
Y
N
£150**
Journal of the American
Medical Association
(JAMA)
The Lancet
American Medical
Association
Y
Y
N
£350
The Lancet Group
Publishing
Y
Y
N
£600
New England Journal
of Medicine (NEJM)
Massachusetts
Medical Society
Y
Y
N
£400
Note: If journals are not available
within the MIC, consideration should
be given to the practicalities of
remote access (e.g. location of
medical library in relation to MIC).
Pharmaceutical Journal
(PJ)
Pharmaceutical
Press
Y
Y
N
Nil
**Annual cost for paper copy. Online
Check
MICs should have access* to the
journals listed as a minimum.
*Access = paper or electronic access
within own MI centre OR paper or
electronic access via Trust Medical
Library
access for a team/department costs
£55 plus VAT per user for up to 15
users. Includes access to 13 year
archive. Contact [email protected]
ADIS Journals – *UKMi Deal*
Training Tools
Title
MiCAL (Computer
Assisted Learning
package for MI staff)
UKMi Training
Workbook
Authors /
Publishers
Edition
(year)
Local
MIC
Region.
MIC
Supp.
London MI Service
and CoAcS
Version
6
Y
Y
N
Wessex Drug and
Medicines
Information Centre
4th
2006
Y
Y
N
Est.
Cost
QA
Comments
Check
£100
per
year
£6 for
MI
centres
(normal
price is
£25)
Updated annually.
*UKMi Deal*
Will be updated bi-annually from
2005.
*UKMi Deal*
Enquiry Recording Databases
Title
Mi Databank
Authors /
Publishers
CoAcS
Version 1.12
Date of preparation: October 2007
Edition
v1.3
Local
MIC
Region.
MIC
Supp.
N
N
Y
Est.
Cost
See
right
QA
Comments
Check
*UKMi Deal*
A suitable recording database
should be held by local and
regional MICs; ideally a paperless
system. The national
recommendation is for centres to
use MI Databank and all centres
should be using this by July 2008
19
Appendix 1 - UKMi Discounted Subscriptions
Indicated by *UKMi Deal* in tables above
Resource
Medicines Complete
(Recommended for
MiDatabank users)
Includes as standard:
Martindale, Stockley,
Herbal Medicines,
MeReC bulletins.
Natural Medicines
Database
Cost
Confidential to UKMi. Contact your
regional MI centre for details.
Extra cost for resources additional to
the four standard resources.
Confidential to UKMi. Contact your
regional MI centre for details.
Ordering
arrangements
Contact
[email protected]
and explain you are a
UK Medicines
Information Centre in
order to get discount.
ADIS Journals
UKMi obtains a discount of up to
60% on all ADIS titles that has
recently been extended to the whole
NHS.
Contact:
[email protected]
directly and explain you
are a UK Medicines
Information Centre.
Contact ADIS direct and
explain you are an NHS
institution.
Tel 01829 771155.
UKMi Training
Workbook
UK MI centres are provided these at
cost. This is about £6 each (normal
price £25 each).
Please contact your
regional MI centre for
copies.
MiCAL
This costs £100 per calendar year
(non-discounted price is up to £400
per year).
Please contact your
regional MI centre for
copies.
MiDatabank
(UKMi essential
resource by July 2008)
Rates exclusive to UKMi are as
follows:
£200 per year for up to 2 data entry
users and an extra 1 “read only”
user.
£400 per year for up to 20 data entry
users and an extra 10 “read only”.
Support materials and
order form at
www.midatabank.com
For audit purposes:
Local centre
Regional centre
%
Books
Databases
E-resources
Journals
Training tools
MIDatabank
Version 1.12
Date of preparation: October 2007
/24
/3
/70
/6
/2
Y/N
%
/26
/4
/70
/6
/2
Y/N
20