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
Legacy Merseyside
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.
Documents
The Pan Mersey Area Prescribing Committee recommends the prescribing of NALMEFENE (Selincro®) within its marketing authorisation, as an option for reducing alcohol consumption in adults with alcohol dependence, in line with NICE TA325.
Refer to Pan Mersey formulary for RAG status for each individual CCG.
The Pan Mersey Area Prescribing Committee recommends the prescribing of NALOXEGOL Tablets (Moventig®▼) as an option for treating opioid induced constipation in adults in accordance with NICE TA345 (22nd July 2015).
The Cheshire and Merseyside Area Prescribing Group recommend Nephrotrans® 500mg gastro-resistant capsules as an option for metabolic acidosis in patients with chronic renal impairment who do not tolerate the gastrointestinal adverse effects of standard sodium bicarbonate products.
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside APPROVED
The Cheshire and Merseyside Area Prescribing Group recommends the prescribing of NIRMATRELVIR plus RITONAVIR tablets, SOTROVIMAB solution for infusion and TOCILIZUMAB solution for infusion by specialists only, for treating COVID-19 in accordance with NICE TA878.
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside APPROVED