Information on this page is hosted on behalf of Tees Valley CCG and County Durham and Tees Valley Area Prescribing Committee (APC).
Repeat Prescription Ordering Systems (RPOS)
Link to resources for practices and pharmacies to support implementation
Tees Formulary/ Preferred Drugs List
- County Durham & Tees Valley Do Not Prescribe/Grey List (497 downloads)
- County Durham & Tees Valley Formulary (14981 downloads)
- Tees Valley CCG - Prescribing of Medicines Available to Purchase Over the Counter for Self-Care (428 downloads)
- Tees Valley CCG On Demand Access to Specialist Medicines during the Covid-19 Pandemic Period (370 downloads)
Clinical Guidelines
Gastro-intestinal system
- CD&TV Guidance for Prescribing & Monitoring Post Bariatric Surgery (97 downloads)
- Octreotide (Palliative Medicine) Shared Care Guideline (1023 downloads)
Cardiovascular system
- Amiodarone Prescribing Guidance (961 downloads)
- CD&T APC Position Statement on Omega 3 Prescribing (103 downloads)
- Dronedarone (Cardiology) Shared Care Guideline (1001 downloads)
- Risks of using antiplatelet agents in combination with NOACs in patients with atrial fibrillation (UKMi) (797 downloads)
- Sacubitril Valsartan Prescribing Guidance (1848 downloads)
- South Tees Hospitals Cardiology Formulary (2072 downloads)
- Warfarin Guidelines for Primary Care (2091 downloads)
Respiratory system
- Adult Asthma Inhaler Guide (1726 downloads)
- CD&TV COPD Treatment Guide (4067 downloads)
- COPD Rescue Medication Plan (1980 downloads)
- Paediatric Asthma Inhaler Guide (482 downloads)
- Procedural Guidance for Recommending the Issue of Rescue Medication for COPD Exacerbations (1470 downloads)
- Tees CCGs Stopping Inhaled Corticosteroids in Patients With COPD With FEV1 > 50% Predicted or Gold Group A or B (905 downloads)
Central nervous system
- CD&TV APC Position Statement - Prescribing for Persistent Pain (334 downloads)
- CD&TV CCGs Position Statement on Nefopam (1949 downloads)
- County Durham Tees Valley Primary Care Pain Management Guideline (220 downloads)
- Ergot-Derived Dopamine Receptor Agonists (Pergolide, Cabergoline, Bromocriptine) (Neurology) Shared Care Guideline (644 downloads)
- First Generation Antipsychotic LAI shared care (148 downloads)
- Guidance from TEWV (2393 downloads)
- Headache Management Guidelines (Adult) – May 2016 Northern East Update, endorsed for use in North of Tyne and Gateshead areas (3955 downloads)
- Melatonin Shared Care (1167 downloads)
- Modafinil (Provigil) (Neurology) Shared Care Guideline (1373 downloads)
- Riluzole shared care agreement & guidelines (2258 downloads)
- Smoking Cessation and Medicines Safety Concerns – November 2015 (640 downloads)
- Tapentadol Dose Reduction Guidance for Primary Care (46 downloads)
- Tolcapone (Neurology) Shared Care Guideline (849 downloads)
Infections and antibiotics
- Guidance for the Prevention and Early Recognition of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in Care Home Residents (1607 downloads)
- NICE antimicrobial prescribing guidelines (link to NICE website) (3668 downloads)
Diabetes
- Diabetes UK Information Prescriptions (1738 downloads)
- Guidelines for Self Monitoring of Blood Glucose (3667 downloads)
- HAST Type 2 Diabetes Guidelines (DECENT 5) (1489 downloads)
- HAST Type 2 Diabetes Guidelines (DECENT 5) - Quick Reference Guide (4223 downloads)
- Paediatric Diabetes Referral Guidelines in Primary Care (730 downloads)
Other endocrine
- Gender Dysphoria - Masculinising Hormones - 2017 (856 downloads)
- Gender Dysphoria – Feminising Hormones – 2017 (931 downloads)
Obstetrics, gynaecology and urinary tract
- Guidance on Prescribing Continence Appliances in General Practice (1909 downloads)
- Shared Care - Tinzaparin Obstetrics Nov 19 (287 downloads)
- Tinzaparin Information Sheet (266 downloads)
Malignant disease and immunosuppression
Nutrition and blood
- CD&TV Vitamins & Minerals Guidance (541 downloads)
- GP Guidance for the long term follow-up and management of patients who have had Bariatric Surgery (1447 downloads)
- Guidelines for the supply of gluten-free (GF) products in Tees CCGs (1531 downloads)
- Infant Feeds - PrescQIPP Bulletin 146 (1234 downloads)
- North Tees and Hartlepool Adult Dietetic Referral Form (438 downloads)
- North Tees Pathway for the Management of Undernutrition (Adults) (1226 downloads)
- North Tees Pathway for the Management of Undernutrition (Care Homes) (1036 downloads)
- Primary Care Management of Vitamin D Deficiency (228 downloads)
- South Tees GP Guidance on the Monitoring of Oral Nutritional Supplements (764 downloads)
- South Tees Hospitals Referral Form for Community Nutrition & Dietetic Services (619 downloads)
Musculoskeletal and joint diseases
- Azathioprine (Rheumatology) Shared Care Guideline (1675 downloads)
- Leflunomide (Rheumatology) Shared Care Guideline (1375 downloads)
- Methotrexate (Rheumatology) Shared Care Guideline (2731 downloads)
- Mycophenolate Mofetil (Rheumatology) Shared Care Guideline (1253 downloads)
- Penicillamine (Rheumatology) Shared Care Guideline (842 downloads)
Eye
Ear, nose and throat
Skin
- HAST & NTHFT Community Wound Dressing Order Form (1042 downloads)
- HAST Wound Dressing Guidelines (1267 downloads)
- HAST Wound Dressings - Dressing Use Aid (use in conjunction with guidelines) (865 downloads)
- Primary Care Dermatology Society Website (1868 downloads)
- South Tees Hospitals Wound Dressing Guidelines (1313 downloads)
- South Tees Hospitals Wound Dressing Selection Chart (968 downloads)
- Specials Recommended by the British Association of Dermatologists for Skin Disease (1807 downloads)
Immunological products and vaccines
Drug monitoring
Shared care
- Apomorphine (Neurology) Shared Care Guidelines (300 downloads)
- Azathioprine (Rheumatology) Shared Care Guideline (1675 downloads)
- Ciclosporin (Rheumatology) Share Care Guidelines (360 downloads)
- Cinacalcet (Endocrinology) Shared Care Guidelines (407 downloads)
- Dronedarone (Cardiology) Shared Care Guideline (1001 downloads)
- Ergot-Derived Dopamine Receptor Agonists (Pergolide, Cabergoline, Bromocriptine) (Neurology) Shared Care Guideline (644 downloads)
- Guidance from TEWV (2393 downloads)
- Leflunomide (Rheumatology) Shared Care Guideline (1375 downloads)
- Melatonin Shared Care (1167 downloads)
- Methotrexate (Rheumatology) Shared Care Guideline (2731 downloads)
- Modafinil (Provigil) (Neurology) Shared Care Guideline (1373 downloads)
- Mycophenolate Mofetil (Rheumatology) Shared Care Guideline (1253 downloads)
- Octreotide (Palliative Medicine) Shared Care Guideline (1023 downloads)
- Penicillamine (Rheumatology) Shared Care Guideline (842 downloads)
- Riluzole shared care agreement & guidelines (2258 downloads)
- Shared Care - Tinzaparin Obstetrics Nov 19 (287 downloads)
- Tolcapone (Neurology) Shared Care Guideline (849 downloads)
Specials
Other guidance
- CD&TV Stoma Accessories Guide (270 downloads)
- County Durham & Tees Valley Do Not Prescribe/Grey List (497 downloads)
- GP Guidance for the long term follow-up and management of patients who have had Bariatric Surgery (1447 downloads)
- NICE NG 56 Multimorbidity: clinical assessment and management - briefing document (1169 downloads)
- NTAG Guidance (1620 downloads)
- Tees Valley CCG On Demand Access to Specialist Medicines during the Covid-19 Pandemic Period (370 downloads)
Other Guidelines
Prescribing systems and processes
- Guidance on Prescribing Continence Appliances in General Practice (1909 downloads)
- Guidance on Seven Day Prescriptions and Monitored Dosage Systems (MDS) (98 downloads)
- Model Repeat Prescribing System (3326 downloads)
- Optimise Rx information (849 downloads)
- PrescQIPP Prescribing Guidelines for Stoma Appliances and Accessories (1003 downloads)
- Tees Valley CCG On Demand Access to Specialist Medicines during the Covid-19 Pandemic Period (370 downloads)
- Useful prescribing information - a guide for prescribers (3610 downloads)
- What to do when prescribers join or leave a GP practice - briefing document (2924 downloads)
Self-care and over-the-counter medicines
- Self-Care and Medicines Available Over The Counter (OTC) (1952 downloads)
- Tees Valley CCG - Prescribing of Medicines Available to Purchase Over the Counter for Self-Care (428 downloads)
Local decision making
Patient information leaflets