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Recommendations

This section contains a list of the policy recommendations of the Pan Mersey Area Prescribing Committee.

Reviews of the new medicines have been conducted by our pharmacists using a number of resources including National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) which is a Special health Authority (SHA) set up in 1999. It is used to give advice to the NHS on best clinical practice including the clinical and cost effectiveness of drugs and other treatments.

Definitions and criteria for the categorisation of medicines

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New Cheshire and Merseyside

Transition of Commissioning Policies

On 1st July 2022 NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (ICB) became the new statutory body responsible for ensuring health care services are available to meet the reasonable needs of the people of Cheshire & Merseyside.

Until such time as a single suite of commissioning policies can be developed and adopted, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside will continue to adopt and operate the CCG policies it has inherited at Place/borough level, which means that there will be no immediate change in commissioning policy for local people resident in those Places/boroughs from what was in place prior to 1st July 2022.

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Commissioning Policies

 

Documents

Date Added: 28 - Jul - 2022

The Pan Mersey Area Prescribing Committee recommends the prescribing of FARICIMAB solution for injection (Vabysmo®▼), by specialists only, for diabetic macular oedema in accordance with NICE TA799.

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside APPROVED

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Date Added: 28 - Jul - 2022

The Pan Mersey Area Prescribing Committee recommends the prescribing of FARICIMAB solution for injection (Vabysmo ®▼), by specialists only, for neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration in accordance with NICE TA800.

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside APPROVED

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Date Added: 28 - Feb - 2018

The Pan Mersey Area Prescribing Committee recommends the prescribing of FERRIC MALTOL (Feraccru®) following specialist initiation for the treatment of iron deficiency anaemia in adult patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Date Added: 21 - Jun - 2018

The Pan Mersey Area Prescribing Committee does not currently recommend the prescribing of FERRIC MALTOL hard capsules (Feraccru®) for the treatment of iron deficiency in adults.

Date Added: 23 - Jun - 2022

The Pan Mersey Area Prescribing Committee recommends the prescribing of FILGOTINIB tablets (Jyseleca®▼), by specialists only, for treating moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis in accordance with NICE TA792.

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside APPROVED

Date Added: 28 - Mar - 2018

The Pan Mersey Area Prescribing Committee recommends
FINASTERIDE 5mg tablets as the 5-alpha reductase inhibitor of choice for men with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) as detailed.

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Date Added: 25 - May - 2023

The Cheshire and Merseyside Area Prescribing Group recommends the prescribing of FINERENONE tablets (Kerendia®▼), for treating chronic kidney disease (CKD) in type 2 diabetes in accordance with NICE TA877.

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside APPROVED

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Date Added: 14 - Nov - 2017

The Pan Mersey Area Prescribing Committee recommends the use of FLUENZ®▼ nasal spray in accordance with the Annual flu programme from Public Health England.

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Date Added: 30 - Jan - 2020

The Pan Mersey Area Prescribing Committee does not recommend the prescribing of FLUOCINOLONE intravitreal implant (Iluvien®) for treating chronic diabetic macular oedema in phakic eyes after an inadequate response to previous therapy, in accordance with NICE TA613

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Date Added: 24 - Nov - 2022

The Pan Mersey Area Prescribing Committee recommends the prescribing of FOSTAMATINIB tablets (Tavlesse®▼), by specialists only, for treating refractory chronic immune thrombocytopenia in accordance with NICE TA835.

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside APPROVED

Date Added: 30 - Jan - 2020

The Pan Mersey Area Prescribing Committee recommends the prescribing of FreeStyle Optium® blood glucose and FreeStyle Optium® ß-ketone test strips only for use with FreeStyle Libre® specifically in patients who are using carbohydrate counting/ bolus advice.

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Date Added: 24 - Mar - 2022

The Pan Mersey Area Prescribing Committee recommends the prescribing of FREMANEZUMAB (Ajovy®▼), by specialists only, for prevention of migraine in accordance with NICE TA764.

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