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 (327 downloads)
- County Durham & Tees Valley Formulary (14738 downloads)
- Tees Valley CCG - Prescribing of Medicines Available to Purchase Over the Counter for Self-Care (360 downloads)
- Tees Valley CCG On Demand Access to Specialist Medicines during the Covid-19 Pandemic Period (308 downloads)
Clinical Guidelines
Gastro-intestinal system
- CD&TV Guidance for Prescribing & Monitoring Post Bariatric Surgery (35 downloads)
- Octreotide (Palliative Medicine) Shared Care Guideline (973 downloads)
Cardiovascular system
- Amiodarone Prescribing Guidance (905 downloads)
- CD&T APC Position Statement on Omega 3 Prescribing (68 downloads)
- Dronedarone (Cardiology) Shared Care Guideline (944 downloads)
- Risks of using antiplatelet agents in combination with NOACs in patients with atrial fibrillation (UKMi) (745 downloads)
- Sacubitril Valsartan Prescribing Guidance (1803 downloads)
- South Tees Hospitals Cardiology Formulary (2006 downloads)
- Warfarin Guidelines for Primary Care (2011 downloads)
Respiratory system
- Adult Asthma Inhaler Guide (995 downloads)
- CD&TV COPD Treatment Guide (3941 downloads)
- COPD Rescue Medication Plan (1904 downloads)
- Paediatric Asthma Inhaler Guide (280 downloads)
- Procedural Guidance for Recommending the Issue of Rescue Medication for COPD Exacerbations (1400 downloads)
- Tees CCGs Stopping Inhaled Corticosteroids in Patients With COPD With FEV1 > 50% Predicted or Gold Group A or B (861 downloads)
Central nervous system
- CD&TV APC Position Statement - Prescribing for Persistent Pain (267 downloads)
- CD&TV CCGs Position Statement on Nefopam (1874 downloads)
- County Durham Tees Valley Primary Care Pain Management Guideline (113 downloads)
- Ergot-Derived Dopamine Receptor Agonists (Pergolide, Cabergoline, Bromocriptine) (Neurology) Shared Care Guideline (604 downloads)
- First Generation Antipsychotic LAI shared care (107 downloads)
- Guidance from TEWV (2243 downloads)
- Headache Management Guidelines (Adult) – May 2016 Northern East Update, endorsed for use in North of Tyne and Gateshead areas (3914 downloads)
- Melatonin Shared Care (1048 downloads)
- Modafinil (Provigil) (Neurology) Shared Care Guideline (1329 downloads)
- Riluzole shared care agreement & guidelines (2196 downloads)
- Smoking Cessation and Medicines Safety Concerns – November 2015 (588 downloads)
- Tolcapone (Neurology) Shared Care Guideline (786 downloads)
Infections and antibiotics
- Guidance for the Prevention and Early Recognition of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in Care Home Residents (1502 downloads)
- NICE antimicrobial prescribing guidelines (link to NICE website) (3437 downloads)
Diabetes
- Diabetes UK Information Prescriptions (1467 downloads)
- Guidelines for Self Monitoring of Blood Glucose (3524 downloads)
- HAST Type 2 Diabetes Guidelines (DECENT 5) (1402 downloads)
- HAST Type 2 Diabetes Guidelines (DECENT 5) - Quick Reference Guide (4138 downloads)
- Paediatric Diabetes Referral Guidelines in Primary Care (686 downloads)
Other endocrine
- Gender Dysphoria - Masculinising Hormones - 2017 (796 downloads)
- Gender Dysphoria – Feminising Hormones – 2017 (870 downloads)
Obstetrics, gynaecology and urinary tract
- Guidance on Prescribing Continence Appliances in General Practice (1824 downloads)
- Shared Care - Tinzaparin Obstetrics Nov 19 (248 downloads)
- Tinzaparin Information Sheet (227 downloads)
Malignant disease and immunosuppression
Nutrition and blood
- CD&TV Vitamins & Minerals Guidance (439 downloads)
- Cumbria Vitamin D Guidelines - Approved for use in Tees CCGs (2795 downloads)
- GP Guidance for the long term follow-up and management of patients who have had Bariatric Surgery (1379 downloads)
- Guidelines for the supply of gluten-free (GF) products in Tees CCGs (1463 downloads)
- Infant Feeds - PrescQIPP Bulletin 146 (1154 downloads)
- North Tees and Hartlepool Adult Dietetic Referral Form (402 downloads)
- North Tees Pathway for the Management of Undernutrition (Adults) (1162 downloads)
- North Tees Pathway for the Management of Undernutrition (Care Homes) (984 downloads)
- South Tees GP Guidance on the Monitoring of Oral Nutritional Supplements (700 downloads)
- South Tees Hospitals Referral Form for Community Nutrition & Dietetic Services (579 downloads)
Musculoskeletal and joint diseases
- Azathioprine (Rheumatology) Shared Care Guideline (1598 downloads)
- Leflunomide (Rheumatology) Shared Care Guideline (1329 downloads)
- Methotrexate (Rheumatology) Shared Care Guideline (2633 downloads)
- Mycophenolate Mofetil (Rheumatology) Shared Care Guideline (1195 downloads)
- Penicillamine (Rheumatology) Shared Care Guideline (798 downloads)
Eye
Ear, nose and throat
Skin
- HAST & NTHFT Community Wound Dressing Order Form (1001 downloads)
- HAST Wound Dressing Guidelines (1196 downloads)
- HAST Wound Dressings - Dressing Use Aid (use in conjunction with guidelines) (799 downloads)
- Primary Care Dermatology Society Website (1711 downloads)
- South Tees Hospitals Wound Dressing Guidelines (1240 downloads)
- South Tees Hospitals Wound Dressing Selection Chart (911 downloads)
- Specials Recommended by the British Association of Dermatologists for Skin Disease (1678 downloads)
Immunological products and vaccines
Drug monitoring
Shared care
- Apomorphine (Neurology) Shared Care Guidelines (272 downloads)
- Azathioprine (Rheumatology) Shared Care Guideline (1598 downloads)
- Ciclosporin (Rheumatology) Share Care Guidelines (320 downloads)
- Cinacalcet (Endocrinology) Shared Care Guidelines (344 downloads)
- Dronedarone (Cardiology) Shared Care Guideline (944 downloads)
- Ergot-Derived Dopamine Receptor Agonists (Pergolide, Cabergoline, Bromocriptine) (Neurology) Shared Care Guideline (604 downloads)
- Guidance from TEWV (2243 downloads)
- Leflunomide (Rheumatology) Shared Care Guideline (1329 downloads)
- Melatonin Shared Care (1048 downloads)
- Methotrexate (Rheumatology) Shared Care Guideline (2633 downloads)
- Modafinil (Provigil) (Neurology) Shared Care Guideline (1329 downloads)
- Mycophenolate Mofetil (Rheumatology) Shared Care Guideline (1195 downloads)
- Octreotide (Palliative Medicine) Shared Care Guideline (973 downloads)
- Penicillamine (Rheumatology) Shared Care Guideline (798 downloads)
- Riluzole shared care agreement & guidelines (2196 downloads)
- Shared Care - Tinzaparin Obstetrics Nov 19 (248 downloads)
- Tolcapone (Neurology) Shared Care Guideline (786 downloads)
Specials
Other guidance
- CD&TV Stoma Accessories Guide (234 downloads)
- County Durham & Tees Valley Do Not Prescribe/Grey List (327 downloads)
- GP Guidance for the long term follow-up and management of patients who have had Bariatric Surgery (1379 downloads)
- NICE NG 56 Multimorbidity: clinical assessment and management - briefing document (1105 downloads)
- NTAG Guidance (1579 downloads)
- Tees Valley CCG On Demand Access to Specialist Medicines during the Covid-19 Pandemic Period (308 downloads)
Other Guidelines
Prescribing systems and processes
- Guidance on Prescribing Continence Appliances in General Practice (1824 downloads)
- Guidance on Seven Day Prescriptions and Monitored Dosage Systems (MDS) (49 downloads)
- Model Repeat Prescribing System (3217 downloads)
- Optimise Rx information (814 downloads)
- PrescQIPP Prescribing Guidelines for Stoma Appliances and Accessories (945 downloads)
- Tees Valley CCG On Demand Access to Specialist Medicines during the Covid-19 Pandemic Period (308 downloads)
- Useful prescribing information - a guide for prescribers (3497 downloads)
- What to do when prescribers join or leave a GP practice - briefing document (2847 downloads)
Self-care and over-the-counter medicines
- Self-Care and Medicines Available Over The Counter (OTC) (1870 downloads)
- Tees Valley CCG - Prescribing of Medicines Available to Purchase Over the Counter for Self-Care (360 downloads)
Local decision making
Patient information leaflets