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  • Tuberculosis

    Review Date: June 2028

  • Tuberculosis

    L OWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS Tuberculosis (TB)  The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in the UK has risen over the last decade.  Patients may present with constitutional (fevers, night sweats, weight loss) or localizing (cough, sputum, haemo...

  • A. Table of Contents

    Antimicrobial Prescribing Guidelines for Primary Care Table of Contents Antimicrobial Bulletins MRSA Infection Control and Empirical Antibiotic Treatment Penicillin Allergy Awareness Leaflet Prescribing in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Principles of...

  • Antimicrobial Bulletin Issue 3

    N OTTINGHAMSHIRE AREA PRESCRIBING COMMITTEE ANTIMICROBIAL BULLETIN VOL 2 ISSUE 03 | AUGUST 2022 WHAT WOULD A WORLD You can help! Without antibiotics be like? Become an antibiotic guardian What would a world without antibiotics be like? - BBC Ideas...

  • 4. APC Bulletin September 2025

    Area Prescribing Committee Bulletin September 2025 Quick Overview Stay up to date with the Nottinghamshire APC decisions from July and August meetings. This bulletin covers guideline updates, formulary changes and upcoming agenda items. 1 - Link t...

  • 4. APC Guideline Meeting Minutes July 2025

    th These minutes are in draft form until ratified by the committee at the next meeting on 18 September 2025. th Nottinghamshire Area Prescribing Committee Guideline Meeting Minutes Thursday 17 July 2025: The meeting took place as a web conference...

  • 3. APC Bulletin July 2022

    Nottinghamshire Area Prescribing Committee July 2022 Bulletin www.nottsapc.nhs.uk www.nottinghamshireformulary.nhs.uk nnicb-nn.nottsapc@nhs.net New submissions: • Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for oestrogen deficiency symptoms in postmenopausa...

  • Meningitis

    M ENINGITIS Transfer all patients to hospital as an emergency by telephoning 999. For suspected meningococcal disease (meningitis with non-blanching rash or meningococcal septicaemia), parenteral antibiotics (intramuscular or intravenous benzylpen...

  • 3. July 2022 APC Update

    Area Prescribing Committee / Interface Update July 2022 Please direct queries to your ICB medicines optimisation pharmacist or e-mail nnicb-nn.nottsapc@nhs.net New Submissions • Estradiol transdermal spray (Lenzetto®) – added as GREEN o Indicatio...

  • 3. APC Bulletin July 2025

    Area Prescribing Committee Bulletin July 2025 1 - Link to APC website 2 - Link to APC Joint Formulary Contents • New Formulary Submissions and Re-submissions • New and updated Guidelines, Shared Care Protocols and Information sheets • Horizon scan...

  • Urine sampling and result interpretation guide

    URINE SAMPLING AND RESULT INTERPRETATION GUIDE Contents When to send a urine sample for culture 2 How to obtain a urine sample for culture 4 Urine microscopy interpretation 5 Urine culture result interpretation 6 Resources 7 Do not perform urine d...

  • Dermatological Conditions - Azathioprine Shared Care Protocol

    Dermatological Conditions – Azathioprine Shared Care Protocol V1.1 Last reviewed: 21/03/2024 Review date: March 2027 National shared care protocol adapted for local use: Dermatological Conditions: Azathioprine for patients within adult services (n...

  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Azathioprine Shared Care Protocol

    Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Azathioprine Shared Care Protocol V1.1 Last reviewed: 21/03/2024 Review date: March 2027 National shared care protocol adapted for local use: Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Azathioprine for patients within adult services...

  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Mercaptopurine Shared Care Protocol

    Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Mercaptopurine Shared Care Protocol V1.1 Last reviewed: 21/03/2024 Review date: March 2027 National shared care protocol adapted for local use: Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Mercaptopurine for patients within adult servi...

  • Neuroinflammatory Conditions - Azathioprine Shared Care Protocol

    Neuroinflammatory Conditions – Azathioprine Shared Care Protocol V1.1 Last reviewed: May 2024 Review date: May 2027 National shared care protocol adapted for local use: Management of neuroinflammatory diseases in adults with the steroid sparing ag...

  • 3. APC Guideline Meeting Minutes July 2022

    t h These minutes are in draft form until ratified by the committee at the next meeting on 15 September 2022. Nottinghamshire Area Prescribing Committee Meeting Minutes st APC meeting 21 July 2022: due to the COVID-19 Pandemic the meeting took pla...

  • Alcohol Dependence Guidelines (Primary Care)

    Nottinghamshire Primary Care Alcohol Use Guidelines Contents Introduction .......................................................................................... 2 Talking about alcohol .............................................................

  • Rheumatological Conditions - Methotrexate Shared Care Protocol

    Rheumatological Conditions: Methotrexate Shared Care Protocol V1.1 Last reviewed: 16/11/2023 Review date: November 2026 National shared care protocol adapted for local use: Rheumatological Conditions: Oral Methotrexate for patients in adult servic...

  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Methotrexate Shared Care Protocol

    Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Methotrexate SCP V1.0 Last reviewed: 19/09/2024 Review date: Sept 2027 National shared care protocol adapted for local use: Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Oral Methotrexate for patients in adult services (excluding cancer...

  • 13. Nottinghamshire Area Prescribing Committee Annual Report 2022-23

    Nottinghamshire Area Prescribing Committee Annual Report 2022-23 APC annual report 202223 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Nottinghamshire Area Prescribing Committee (APC) works collaboratively with a number of different stakeholders* across Nottinghamshire...

  • Rheumatological Conditions - Azathioprine Shared Care Protocol

    Rheumatological Conditions – Azathioprine Shared Care Protocol V1.2 Last reviewed: 16/11/2023 Review date: November 2026 National shared care protocol adapted for local use: Rheumatological Conditions: Azathioprine for patients within adult servic...

  • Rheumatological Conditions - Leflunomide Shared Care Protocol

    Rheumatological Condition: Leflunomide Shared Care Protocol V1.0 Last reviewed: 16/11/2023 Review date: November 2026 National shared care protocol adapted for local use: Rheumatological Conditions: Leflunomide for patients within adult services V...

  • Rheumatological Conditions - Sulfasalazine Shared Care Protocol

    Rheumatological Condition: Sulfasalazine Shared care Protocol V1.0 Last reviewed: 16/11/2023 Review date: November 2026 National shared care protocol adapted for local use: Rheumatological Conditions: Sulfasalazine for patients within adult servic...

  • Auto-Immune Hepatitis - Azathioprine Shared Care Protocol

    Auto-Immune Hepatitis in Adults – Azathioprine Shared Care Protocol V1.1 Last reviewed: 21/09/2023 Review date: September 2026 National shared care protocol adapted for local use: Auto-immune Hepatitis in Adults – Azathioprine Version 1 The conten...

  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Azathioprine for Children >12 years

    Shared care protocol: Azathioprine for the Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children and Young People over 12 years old As well these protocols, please ensure that summaries of product characteristics (SPCs), British national formulary...

  • Recurrent UTI

    U RINARY TRACT INFECTIONS Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in Adults: Antibiotic Prophylaxis Definition The symptoms of a lower urinary tract infection include frequency, dysuria, urgency and suprapubic pain. Recurrent lower urinary tract infect...

  • Rheumatological Conditions - Ciclosporin Shared Care Protocol

    Rheumatological Conditions – Ciclosporin Shared Care Protocol V1.0 Last reviewed: 16/11/2023 Review date: November 2026 National shared care protocol adapted for local use: Ciclosporin (oral) for patients within adult services (non- transplant ind...

  • Dermatological Conditions - Methotrexate Shared Care Protocol

    Dermatological Conditions: Methotrexate SCP V1.0 Last reviewed: 16/05/2024 Review date: May 2027 National shared care protocol adapted for local use: Dermatological Conditions: Oral Methotrexate for patients in adult services (excluding cancer car...

  • 5. Nottinghamshire Area Prescribing Committee Annual Report 2014-15

    Nottinghamshire Area Prescribing Committee (Incorporating the Nottinghamshire Joint Formulary Group) Annual Report 2014-15 CONTENTS PAGE Page Executive Summary 3 ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Committee Membership, Purpose and Duties 4 …...