{"id":36374,"date":"2025-01-21T16:07:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T16:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/?page_id=36374"},"modified":"2025-01-21T16:30:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T16:30:25","slug":"policies-and-procedures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/integrated-care-board\/medicines-and-prescribing\/policies-and-procedures\/","title":{"rendered":"Politikat dhe procedurat p\u00ebr ila\u00e7et dhe p\u00ebrshkrimin e tyre"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"assembler_default-group assembler_module_group assembler_default-group_1 assembler_module_group_1\"><div class=\"assembler_module_area assembler_module_area_1\"><div class=\"assembler_table-of-contents-module assembler_module assembler_table-of-contents-module_1 assembler_module_1  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-1\" id=\"module-1\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36374\/#module-1\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-1<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for table-of-contents-module - Template: template-table-of-contents - Matched: _only -->\r\n<section class=\"w-full mx-auto max-w-content border-b border-pale-grey pt-6 sm:pt-12 pb-3 sm:pb-6\">\r\n    <div class=\"entry-content w-full\">\r\n    <h1>Medicines and prescribing<\/h1>\n<p>Contents<\/p>\n    <div class=\"navigation-list\">\r\n                    <ul>\r\n                      <li class=\"text-sm\">\r\n                              <a href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/integrated-care-board\/medicines-and-prescribing\/\" class=\"text-sm underline-offset-4 font-normal hover:!underline-4\">\r\n                                                                Medicines and prescribing                                <\/a>\r\n                          <\/li>\r\n                                <li class=\"text-sm\">\r\n                                                              Policies and procedures                            <\/li>\r\n                      <li class=\"text-sm\">\r\n                              <a href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/integrated-care-board\/medicines-and-prescribing\/resources\/\" class=\"text-sm underline-offset-4 font-normal hover:!underline-4\">\r\n                                                                Resources                                <\/a>\r\n                          <\/li>\r\n                  <\/ul>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/section><\/div><!-- .assembler_table-of-contents-module.assembler_module.assembler_table-of-contents-module_1.assembler_module_1..transparent --><div class=\"assembler_text-module assembler_module assembler_text-module_2 assembler_module_2  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-2\" id=\"module-2\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36374\/#module-2\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-2<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for text-module - Template: template-text - Matched: _only --><section class=\"w-full mx-auto max-w-content pt-3 sm:pt-6 pb-12 sm:pb-24\">\r\n  <div class=\"entry-content w-full !px-0 max-w-small\">\r\n        <h1>Policies and procedures<\/h1>\n<p>This page provides guidelines on working with the pharmaceutical industry and information about prescriber registration. You can also find useful information about controlled drugs and contact details for the Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer.<\/p>\n<h2>Working with the Pharmaceutical Industry<\/h2>\n<p>The NHS faces many challenges. Economic pressures are unprecedented with a continual drive for improved quality and productivity in the system.<\/p>\n<p>NHS organisations are increasingly calling on external expertise to enable them to meet these challenges, recognising that working with partners who can supplement their skills and resources can provide benefits that are not otherwise achievable.<\/p>\n<p>One such partner is the pharmaceutical industry, which apart from supplying medicines that improve the quality of patients\u2019 lives, can contribute skills and expertise arising from its particular experience in business and financial management and its extensive knowledge of the therapy areas relevant to its medicines.<\/p>\n<p>We recognise the contribution that the pharmaceutical industry can make to improving the health of the population of Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, not only by producing medicines that play a crucial role in maintaining health, preventing illness, managing chronic conditions and curing disease but also from their willingness to provide non-promotional support (e.g. education and training).<\/p>\n<p>We must manage conflicts of interest to ensure that patient safety and quality of care are paramount, and for this reason, we have a <a href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/library\/policy-for-the-sponsorship-of-activities-by-and-joint-working-with-the-industry\/\">Policy for Sponsorship and Joint Working with the Pharmaceutical Industry<\/a> that is in the public domain and reviewed periodically.<\/p>\n<p>This policy aims to ensure we benefit from joint work without compromising our transparent and unbiased approach to improving patient care.<\/p>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/library\/policy-for-the-sponsorship-of-activities-by-and-joint-working-with-the-industry\/\"  class=\"btn-link flex w-[fit-content] \">Policy for the Sponsorship of Activities by and Joint Working with the Pharmaceutical Industry<\/a>\n\n<p>We only endorse or promote the use of specific medicines or classes of medicines through the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Joint Formulary Group, a collaboration between local acute trusts and the ICB.<\/p>\n<p>This group makes transparent and unbiased decisions about individual medicines through a robust process involving critical appraisal of the evidence base, and only at the request of a clinician.<\/p>\n<p>The BNSSG Joint Formulary Group updates the BNSSG Joint Formulary regularly accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>Any decisions to fund individual medicines by NICE in the form of a Technology Appraisal are automatically reflected in the BNSSG Joint Formulary within the mandatory time frame.<\/p>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/remedy.bnssgccg.nhs.uk\/\" target=\"https:\/\/remedy.bnssgccg.nhs.uk\/\" class=\"btn-link flex w-[fit-content] \" rel=\"noopener\">BNSSG Joint Formulary<\/a>\n\n<h2>Prescriber registration<\/h2>\n<p>GP practices have the responsibility of ensuring that the information the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) Prescription Services hold about prescribers is correct.<\/p>\n<p>NHS Prescription Services use prescriber &amp; organisation codes to identify where prescription costs should be assigned.<\/p>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Prescriber-registration-process-updated-July-2022.pdf\" class=\"btn-link flex w-[fit-content] \">Prescriber registration to and removal from practices, cost centres (PDF)<\/a>\n\n<h2>Controlled drugs<\/h2>\n<p>NHS England (South West) holds the role and responsibility of Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer for the South West of England.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns relating to controlled drugs can be brought to the attention of the accountable officer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>sharing concerns<\/li>\n<li>raising a complaint<\/li>\n<li>reporting a patient safety incident<\/li>\n<li>raising a concern on professional practice (whistle blowing)<\/li>\n<li>requesting a witness for the destruction of out of date CDs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Interim Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer at NHS England (South West) is Darren Barnett.<\/p>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:england.southwestcontrolleddrugs@nhs.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">england.southwestcontrolleddrugs@nhs.net<\/a><br \/>\nCall: <a href=\"tel:01138248129\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">0113 824 8129<\/a><\/p>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/south\/info-professional\/safe-use-of-controlled-drugs\/\" class=\"btn-link flex w-[fit-content] \" rel=\"noopener\">Controlled drugs - NHS England<\/a>\n\n<p>Controlled drug incidents can also be reported to the NHS England Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer via the online reporting system <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdreporting.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">cdreporting.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Other controlled drugs-related documents and guidance:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nice.org.uk\/guidance\/ng46\/resources\/controlled-drugs-safe-use-and-management-1837456188613\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NICE Guidelines &#8211; 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