Important notice:
From 15th May 2012, the team delivering the work of the NPC will form the NICE Medicines and Prescribing Centre and will sit alongside the Clinical Guidelines team within the Centre for Clinical Practice.
As part of NICE, all future Medicines and prescribing outputs will be published on the NICE website and signposted from the Medicines and prescribing home page.
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How individuals make decisions
NPC legacy site
Although no new Medicines and prescribing content will be published to the NPC legacy website, the extensive catalogue of existing publications, resources and e-learning materials will still be available to view and download for as long as the information contained within them remains accurate and up-to-date. All future Medicines and prescribing outputs will be published on the NICE website and signposted from the Medicines and prescribing homepage.
We began seriously exploring why high quality evidence is not often implemented evenly or quickly in clinical practice in 2002.
The evidence-informed decision making resources here cover :-
- the concepts involved in evidence-based medicine
- using information mastery to overcome information overload
- the skills required to understand a summary of evidence
- how we as humans use information to make decisions, and
- how to optimally describe risks and benefits of treatments in consultations with patients.
10 Top tips for GPs - Strategies for safer prescribing
This document considers medication errors and patient harm and highlights some of the more common reasons why mistakes occur. Its main purpose is to review strategies which may help prevent some of these errors thereby improving the safety of prescribing and other aspects of medicines management in primary care.
Now available to read and download
The 'Making decisions better - Video'
This film was made primarily to support local groups in the UK making decisions about medicines and their use in localities. But it may also be of interest to individuals and groups who are interested in evidence, information management, and decision-making.
You will need speakers and a sound card in your computer.
