Joint Formulary Development within ESNEFT

 

The East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust officially came into existence on the 1^st July 2018. Therefore, these webpages will evolve in their content over time as the two previous independent Trusts (Ipswich and Colchester) merge their practice and bring their Medicines Formularies together. At this time, there are many differences in the approved medicines choices available across the Ipswich and Colchester sites; many of the differences are historical but some reflect the differing clinical processes that take place at each locality. Therefore, some of the listed medicines will have comments relating to specific usage and availability for each site.

At this present time, there are also differences in practice and process between ESNEFT and the two associated Clinical Commissioning Groups. These netFormulary webpages currently contain references to the “traffic light” system relevant to East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group only. The “traffic light” process is much different at North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group and will remain so until such time as an agreed, collaborative system is agreed across the locality. Prescribing information (Medicines Formulary, “Traffic Light” system and associated Clinical Guidelines) relating to North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group can be found via: https://www.neessexccg.nhs.uk/prescribing-information

Further formulary information relating to Ipswich and East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group can also be found here

Primary care 

Please note to access some of the links below you may need to be logged into the CCG website

Medicines Management (CCG website)	Drug Tariff	Self-care leaflets
	Practice data	Newsletters
	Travel Vaccines	Shared care
Suffolk Antibiotic Formulary April 2020	Position statements

Secondary care (IHT only)

Please note some of the links below will only work if you have access to the hospital intranet

Pharmacy intranet site	Therapeutic Substitution Register	Enoxaparin guidance
	PRS (pharmacy only)	How to write a controlled drug prescription
	PGDs	IFR information
Antimicrobial Policy	Pharmacy newsletters

Other available resources

NHSE funded drugs	Provides a list of medicines that are only funded by NHS England- These drugs should only be prescribed by the specialist
Self-care leaflets	Provides information for patients to manage minor ailments and when to seek the advice of a healthcare professional.
Specialist pharmacy service(SPS)	Provides information for the stability of medicines in dosette boxes, UKIMI Q&As and other information relating to the use of medicines.
UKTIS	Provides information for maternal exposure to drugs
LactMed	Information on drugs in breastfeeding- please note that this is an American resource and is subject to change
NEWT guidelines	Information on the administration of medication for patients with feeding tubes or swallowing difficulties. Please note that this will require a username and password.
Green Book	Information on immunisation of infectious diseases
Just in case medication policy	Suffolk Wide document on managing end of life patients
East Anglia Medicines Information Service	Web form to submit inquiries  For use by healthcare professionals

For a list of other freely available resources please click here