Download UKMi Recommended Resources with Free Access

Resources with Free Access
For NHS Medicines Information Services
June 2016
This is a list of resources that are freely accessible and considered useful to NHS MI services. It includes free
paper resources (e.g. BNF, drug tariff) and freely accessible websites via the Internet or via National library
arrangements. This list is not intended to be exhaustive. It is organised under general subject headings and should
be used in conjunction with ‘Resources for Purchase by NHS Medicines Information Services’. Other UKMi
resources give guidance on what resources to use when, e.g. Enquiry Answering Guidelines. There is also
guidance on the risks associated with the use of various resources, see Limitations of Common Information
Sources.
UKMi are in the process of assuring the quality of the listed resources, all those listed are produced by
reputable/well known organisations. URLs are available via MiDatabank and are correct at the time of publication
but are liable to change. Where registration is required this is indicated. This document may also be used to store
details of your departmental usernames and passwords if you haven’t entered them in MiDatabank. This can then
be kept in an accessible place for all staff working in MI.
See also Internet and Medicines for guidance on how to assess the quality of a website.
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accessing the resource using an alternative browser, such as Google Chrome or Firefox.
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platform for an already endorsed UKMi resource, this may be highlighted as being available.
Updating the List
This list will be updated with new editions/ URLs etc. on a quarterly basis and published on the UKMi website.
Updates to the list will be reflected in the MiDatabank masterlist. The Clinical Governance Working Group reviews
the content of the list periodically. Suggestions for additions or deletions can be forwarded to [email protected].
Changes since January 2016
Title
Authors/ Publisher
URL and general notes
DrugWise
(Formally DrugScope)
DrugWise
Change: new name and url
http://www.drugwise.org.uk/
NIHR Horizon
Scanning Research
and Intelligence
Centre
Q&A 11.7:
Considerations when
addressing questions
about potential for
adverse effects and
drug interactions with
homeopathic
remedies
Cytochrome P450
website
National Institute for
Health Research
Change: updated name and url
http://www.hsric.nihr.ac.uk/
UKMi Complementary
Medicines Specialist
Service
Change: new recommendation
http://www.medicinesresources.nhs.uk/GetDocument.aspx?page
Id=781734
Indiana University
Change: no longer recommended
http://medicine.iupui.edu/flockhart/
This resource is no longer being updated.
Palliative Care
Matters
Date: June 2016
Network of Palliative
Care healthcare
professionals.
Change: new url
http://m.pallcare.info
Resources with Free Access For NHS MI Services
Title
URL and general notes
Authors/
Publisher
General
British National Formulary
BMA and RPS
(twice yearly)
One paper copy considered essential for each MI
centre (only the September edition is published for
free; March edition only available for purchase).
Online access preferred as updated monthly
www.medicinescomplete.com/mc/bnf/current/
Note: BNF Legacy website remains available
through medicinescomplete.com
DoH—Department of Health
DoH
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/depa
rtment-of-health
Drug Safety Update
MHRA
https://www.gov.uk/drug-safety-update
Individual articles are searchable using the search
box. An archive of the monthly PDF versions are
also available.
Drug Tariff
The Stationery
Office (monthly)
Only available online
www.ppa.org.uk/ppa/edt_intro.htm
electronic Medicines Compendium
(eMC)
DataPharm
Communications
http://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/
For access to SPCs and PILs
England:
www.evidence.nhs.uk/nhs-evidencecontent/journals-and-databases.
Athens password required.
Wales:
http://howis.wales.nhs.uk
Scotland: www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/home.aspx
EMBASE
Google search engine
Google
www.google.co.uk for general seach engine but
also use Google scholar for more academic focus
http://scholar.google.co.uk/
Medicines Q & As
UKMi
http://www.ukmi.nhs.uk/activities/medicinesQAs/def
ault.asp
An excel spreadsheet is available (with links) to all
current Q & As.
Q & As can also be accessed via the NICE
evidence search www.evidence.nhs.uk
(filter by Type of information ‘Evidence Summaries’
and Source ‘UKMi')
Medline
Date: June 2016
England:
www.evidence.nhs.uk/nhs-evidencecontent/journals-and-databases
Athens password required.
Wales:
http://howis.wales.nhs.uk
Scotland: www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/home.aspx
Since changing providers last year (from OVID to
PROQUEST), searches are not working as
anticipated. Until further notice, it is suggested that
you do not use PROQUEST (via NICE Evidence) to
search Medline. Medline should be searched using
OVID (if available within your Trust) or by using
PubMed. PubMed Users Guides are available—
See PubMed entry.
Resources with Free Access For NHS MI Services
Title
URL and general notes
Authors/
Publisher
General
MHRA—Medicines & Healthcare
Regulatory Agency
MHRA
www.mhra.gov.uk
Note. SPCs and PILs can be directly accessed via:
http://www.mhra.gov.uk/spc-pil/index.htm
MIMS
Monthly Index of Medical Specialities
Haymarket Medical
Pubs.
http://www.mims.co.uk/.
Username and password required.
NB. Access free to MICs (contact Regional Centre
for details)
Netdoctor
Collaboration of UK
and European
healthcare
professionals
www.netdoctor.co.uk
www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/
For information about drugs, search the “Medicines”
section rather than the whole site.
PubMed
US National Library
of Medicine and
National Institutes
of Health
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed
Pubmed user guides are available for basic and
MeSH searching.
OTC Directory
Proprietary
Association of
Great Britain
Available in searchable form at
www.medicinechestonline.co.uk. Use website drop
down and selection criteria to access.
UKMi
UKMi
www.ukmi.nhs.uk
Some areas are password protected (contact
Regional Centre for password)
UKMi Discussion Group
Ecompass (host)
http://list.ecompass.nl/listserv/cgi-bin/wa?A0=MI-UK
Adverse effects
CHM—Commission on Human
Medicines
CHM/MHRA
www.mhra.gov.uk/Committees/Medicinesadvisoryb
odies/CommissiononHumanMedicines/index.htm.
Drug Analysis Prints (DAPs) for
Yellow Card data
MHRA
http://www.mhra.gov.uk/drug-analysis-prints/druganalysis-prints-a-z/index.htm
INCHEM
International
Programme on
Chemical Safety
www.inchem.org/.
Toxicology information on chemicals and drugs.
TOXNET
US National Library
Medicine
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/. Toxicology information
including pregnancy related toxicity information.
Also links to LactMed (see below) for drugs in
lactation information.
G6PD website
Associazione
Italiana Favismo
http://www.g6pd.org/.
Associazione Italiana Favismo is affiliated with
UNIAMO, Italian Federation for Rare Diseases,
which is member of EURORDIS, European
Organization for Rare Diseases.
This site should not be used in isolation for g6pd
queries; no single resource is comprehensive. This
site contains lists of safe and unsafe drugs and also
attempts to quantify risk (low vs. high).
Date: June 2016
Resources with Free Access For NHS MI Services
Title
URL and general notes
Authors/
Publisher
Availability
IDIS World Medicines
IDIS World
Medicines
www.idispharma.com
Durbin PLC
Durbin PLC
www.durbin.co.uk
Pro-file Database
Guy’s and St
Thomas’ Hospital
NHS Trust
Sourcing unlicensed ‘special’ medicines. www.profile.nhs.uk. Registration required.
Complementary Medicine
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Centre
Integrative Medicine
Service
http://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrativemedicine/about-herbs-botanicals-other-products
Information for patients is also available
Safety of Herbal Medicines
MHRA
www.mhra.gov.uk/Safetyinformation/Safetywarning
salertsandrecalls/Safetywarningsandmessagesform
edicines/Safetywarningsandmessagesforherbalmed
icines/index.htm
Q&A 11.7: Considerations when
addressing questions about potential
for adverse effects and drug
interactions with homeopathic
remedies
UKMi
Complementary
Medicines
Specialist Service
http://www.medicinesresources.nhs.uk/GetDocume
nt.aspx?pageId=781734
In the absence of good quality and unbiased resources
within this field, this document contains the key
information regarding the principles and considerations of
homeopathic practice.
Contraception and Hormone Replacement Therapy
IPPF Directory of Hormonal
Contraceptives
International
Planned
Parenthood
Federation
http://contraceptive.ippf.org
Registration required. Can be used to identify
foreign contraceptive pills.
Family Planning Association
Family Planning
Association
www.fpa.org.uk
Faculty of Family Planning and
Reproductive Healthcare
Royal College of
Obstetricians and
Gynaecologists
www.ffprhc.org.uk/.
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.
Diagnostic tests
Labtests online
Collaboration of
professional societies
and supported by the
Department of Health.
www.labtestsonline.org.uk/.
Patient orientated.
Drug abuse
Drug Misuse and Dependence—
Guidelines on Clinical Management
(The Orange Guide)
National Treatment
Agency
www.nta.nhs.uk/uploads/clinical_guidelines_2007.p
df
DrugWise
DrugWise
http://www.drugwise.org.uk/
Date: June 2016
Resources with Free Access For NHS MI Services
Title
URL and general notes
Authors/
Publisher
Drug abuse
National Institute on Drug Abuse
The National
Institute on Drug
Abuse (US)
www.nida.nih.gov
Talk to Frank
DoH / Home Office
www.talktoFrank.com
Drug administration
Intravenous Drug Administration
Guides
UKMi recommends all centres have access to good quality IV
administration guidance.
IMG—Injectable Medicines Guide
(Medusa)
Health of Wales
Information Service
http://medusa.wales.nhs.uk or
www.injguide.nhs.uk.
NB. Available free to contributing Trusts and all
Trusts in Wales & N Ireland. Note also contains
information on paediatric intravenous drug
administration, intramuscular administration, and
ocular injections.
Stabilis
Compiled by
hospital
pharmacists in
France
http://www.stabilis.org/
Compatibility and stability data to supplement other
resources.
Drug interactions
HIV Drug Interactions
The University of
Liverpool
www.hiv-druginteractions.org
Hepatitis drug interactions
The University of
Liverpool
www.hep-druginteractions.org
CredibleMeds
(QT prolongation)
US education
organisation
AZCERT
(renamed
CredibleMeds in
2014)
https://www.crediblemeds.org/
List drugs that prolong the QT Interval and/or
induce Torsades de Pointes by risk category.
Registration required.
Medscape drug interaction checker
Medscape
www.medscape.com/druginfo/druginterchecker
Registration required.
Drugs.com interactions checker
Cerner Multum
http://www.drugs.com/drug_interactions.html
To be used only after other approved sources have
been used. Useful for information not readily
available in UK sources.
SuperCYP website
(Cytochrome P450 database)
Institute of
Molecular Biology
and Bioinformatics,
Berlin
http://bioinformatics.charite.de/supercyp/
Clinical significance of the interactions is not
identified.
Evidence Based Medicine
Evidence Search—Health and Social
care
Date: June 2016
NICE
www.evidence.nhs.uk.
General search engine for evidence based reviews
relevant to the NHS.
Resources with Free Access For NHS MI Services
Title
URL and general notes
Authors/
Publisher
Evidence Based Medicine
Bandolier
Pain Research
Group
Oxford
The Cochrane Library
The Cochrane
Foundation
John Wiley & Sons
Medicines and Prescribing Centre
NICE
http://www.nice.org.uk/mpc/index.jsp
New site following integration of the former National
Prescribing Centre into NICE.
NICE -National Institute for Health
and Care Excellence
NICE
www.nice.org.uk
CKS
Clinical Knowledge Summaries
NICE
http://cks.nice.org.uk/
SIGN—Scottish Intercollegiate
Guidelines Network
SIGN
www.sign.ac.uk
WeMeRec Bulletins
Welsh Medicines
Resource Centre
www.wemerec.org
HTA assessments
National
Coordinating Centre
for HTA
www.hta.ac.uk/ Many of these evaluations inform
NICE guidance.
Centre for Reviews and
Dissemination
University of York
www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/
www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier
N.B. It doesn’t look as if this site has been updated
for some time. Still useful for explanations of terms
e.g. NNT etc but do not use for evidence.
http://www.cochranelibrary.com/
Infections
The Green Book Immunisation
Against Infectious Disease
DoH
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/publi
c-health-england/series/immunisation-againstinfectious-disease-the-green-book
NHS Immunisation Information
Public Health
England
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/publi
c-health-england/series/immunisation
Public Health England
Gov.uk
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/publi
c-health-england
Replaces the Health Protection Agency site
Lactation
At least two resources should be used for all lactation enquiries.
See also Resources for purchase list.
LactMed
US National Library
of Medicine
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?LACT.
UKMi Drugs in Lactation database
Trent and West
Midlands MIC
UKMi
www.ukmi.nhs.uk/ukdilas
Legal and ethical
Medicines, Ethics and Practice: A
guide for pharmacists and pharmacy
technicians
Date: June 2016
RPS
www.rpharms.com/law-and-ethics/medicinesethics-and-practice-guide.asp
Only free to RPS members.
Resources with Free Access For NHS MI Services
Title
URL and general notes
Authors/
Publisher
Liver impairment
LiverTox
Specialist branches
of NIDDK and NLM
http://livertox.nlm.nih.gov/index.html
This resource is a joint venture between the Liver
Disease Research Branch of the National Institute
of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
(NIDDK) and the Division of Specialized Information
Services of the National Library of Medicine (NLM),
National Institutes of Health
New products
NDO
New Drugs Online
UKMi
www.ukmi.nhs.uk/applications/NDO/
Registration required (free). Also contains links to
independent new medicines reviews.
New medicines reviews
UKMi/L(C)NDG
UKMi/ L(C)NDG/ RDTC new medicines evaluations
listed at
http://www.ukmi.nhs.uk/activities/newProducts/defa
ult.asp?pageRef=3
but available via www.evidence.nhs.uk
NIHR Horizon
Scanning Research
and Intelligence
Centre
http://www.hsric.nihr.ac.uk/
Midlands
Therapeutics and
Review Advisory
Committee
(MTRAC)
http://centreformedicinesoptimisation.co.uk/mtrac/c
ommittee-recommendations
Click on relevant alphabetical files to access
‘Commissioning support sheets’ for listed products.
Tick box and download to access pdf document.
Patents Database
UKMi
http://www.midlandsmedicines.nhs.uk/content.asp?
section=5&subsection=9&pageIdx=1
UKMi username and password required
Prescribing Outlook
UKMi
http://www.ukmi.nhs.uk/activities/newProducts/defa
ult.asp?pageRef=12
Scottish medicines Consortium (SMC)
reviews
SMC
www.scottishmedicines.org.uk/
All Wales Medicines Strategy Group
(AWMSG) reviews
AWMSG
www.awmsg.org
European Medicines Agency
EMA
www.ema.europa.eu
Paediatrics
BNF for Children
Date: June 2016
BMA, RPSGB,
RCPCH & NPPG
(annual)
One paper copy considered essential for each MI
centre (published annually). Online access
preferred as updated monthly.
www.medicinescomplete.com/mc/bnfc/current/
Note: BNFC Legacy website remains available
through medicinescomplete.com
Resources with Free Access For NHS MI Services
Title
URL and general notes
Authors/
Publisher
Paediatrics
Paediatric Formulary
Paediatric
Formulary
Committee
The formulary is now hosted on:
http://cms.ubqo.com/public/d2595446-ce3c-47ff9dcc-63167d9f4b80
Updates will happen monthly, rather than there
being editions. The 9th edition (previously Guy’s
Paediatric Formulary) may still be accessible, but
this is not the official version and will no longer be
updated.
An App (currently only on iphone) is also available:
http://www.ubqo.com/paediatricformulary
Medicines for Children
Partnership
RCPCH, NPPG and
WellChild.
http://www.medicinesforchildren.org.uk/. Also
contains patient information leaflets.
Palliative care
Palliative Adult Network Guidelines
(PANG)
Developed by a
collaboration of UK
Cancer networks
http://book.pallcare.info/.
Palliative Care Matters
Network of
Palliative Care
healthcare
professionals.
http://m.pallcare.info
Robert Twycross &
Andrew Wilcock
www.palliativedrugs.com
Palliativedrugs.com
(Palliative Care Formulary on-line)
This should be used as a core resource in preference to
the print version, but not the electronic version, of
Palliative Care Formulary (see below).
This is a mobile site (Smartphones and Tablets) but is
also suitable for desktop access using the latest versions
of Internet browsers.
Use in preference to PANG for syringe driver
compatibilities
(Registration required), but the syringe driver tables are
freely available using login (click on SDSD tab).
Patient Information
NHS Choices
Gov.uk
http://www.nhs.uk
Patient UK
Patient Information
Publications/ Egton
Medical Information
Systems
www.patient.co.uk.
This site has useful healthcare professional pages
(see Therapeutics section below).
Pharmaceutical
The Fridge Database
Northwick Park MIC
UKMi
www.ukmi.nhs.uk/Secure/Fridge/Index.asp UKMi
username and password required
Medicines Compliance Aid (MCA)
database
Southwest
Medicines
Information UKMi
http://www.ukmi.nhs.uk/applications/mca/
Date: June 2016
Resources with Free Access For NHS MI Services
Title
URL and general notes
Authors/
Publisher
Pregnancy
At least two resources should be used for all pregnancy enquiries.
See also Resources for purchase list.
TOXBASE
UKTIS* UK
Teratology
Information Service
www.toxbase.org
Registration required.
Monographs not suitable as patient information
leaflets—see BUMPs.
The summary information of the Toxbase
monographs are openly available from
http://www.uktis.org/
Royal College of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology
Royal College of
Obstetrics and
Gynaecology
https://www.rcog.org.uk
A range of guidelines on women’s health is
available.
BUMPS—Best use of medicines in
pregnancy
UKTIS
www.medicinesinpregnancy.org.
Produced by UKTIS. Provides information
factsheets (containing essentially the same
information as Toxbase) suitable for members of
the public which can be used in discussion with a
health care provider. Inclusion on this list does not
endorse its use by patients without such support.
Poisoning
TOXBASE
National Poisons
Information Service
(NPIS)
www.toxbase.org
Registration required.
For acute poisoning or for complex cases, refer
directly to the Poisons Information Service:
0344 892 0111.
Before using the website, it is advisable to complete
the e-learning modules available at
www.toxlearning.co.uk
Statistics
Statistics in Divided Doses
North West MIC
UKMi
www.ukmi.nhs.uk/activities/Research/default.asp?p
ageRef=27
Therapeutics
Patient UK
Date: June 2016
Patient Information
Publications / Egton
Medical Information
Systems
www.patient.co.uk.
After putting a term in the search box you will have
a list of resources to choose from. Those with an
apple and a plus sign are written for healthcare
professionals and are an excellent resource with
the following general headings: presentation,
diagnosis, aetiology, epidemiology, assessment,
management etc.
Resources with Free Access For NHS MI Services
Title
URL and general notes
Authors/
Publisher
Therapeutics
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and
Treatment
Berkow, R et al
Merck and Co.
www.merckmanuals.com/professional/index.html.
The latest edition can also be purchased as a hard
copy. Some topics have also been written for
patients.
Dermnet
New Zealand
Dermatological
Society
www.dermnetnz.org/
A useful starting point for background information
and advice for dermatological enquiries.
Travel
Malaria Reference Laboratory
HPA (now part of
Public Health
England)
www.malaria-reference.co.uk
Travel Health Pro
(NaTHNaC)
National Travel
Health Network and
Centre/Public
Health England
http://travelhealthpro.org.uk/
The website is suitable for both healthcare
professionals and travellers. Advice may differ from
that in other sources (i.e. Travax, Fit for Travel).
However, all advice is evidence based. It is advised
that one resource only is used in these
circumstances.
Health Advice for Travellers
NHS England
http://www.nhs.uk/nhsengland/Healthcareabroad/pa
ges/Healthcareabroad.aspx
Fit for Travel
Provided by NHS
Scotland.
www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk.
Public access site for sister site Travax.
This advice is based on that produced by NHS
Scotland and may differ from advice in other
sources (i.e. Travel Health Pro). However, all
advice is evidence based. It is advised that one
resource only is used in these circumstances.
Wound management and dressings
Dressings.org
Date: June 2016
Surgical Materials
Testing Laboratory
www.dressings.org
NB website last modified Nov 2011