Health organisations Flashcards
BNF
A book providing advice on prescribing & pharmacology.
European Society of Cardiology
The advance on prevention, diagnosis and management of heart & blood vessel disease.
Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
Lung disease
National Health and Medical Research Council
An Australian organisation providing information to prevent diseases.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
- Reviews medicine
- Provides guidelines and quality standards
- provide recommendations to the NHS on medicines|treatment|procedures
- Hypertension related
NEWT guidelines
Provide a guide to the administration of medicine to patients with swallowing problems.
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
Clinical guidelines for stroke
World Health Organisation (WHO)
Provide recommendations for clinical practise.
General pharmaceutical council (GPhC)
Provides regulations for pharmacies and pharmacists.
Care quality commission (CQC)
Regulate care provided by NHS, social services and private companies.
- They also have the power to enforce standards.
- They DO NOT regulate pharmacies
Basically health inspectors |Enforce stadards
Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
- Leadership body for pharmacists.
- They publish reports.
National Pharmacy Association (NPA)
UK trade association for community pharmacies.
* Represent pharmacy members.
* Provide legal, ethical and clinical advice.
* They provide insurance.
Pharmaceutical services negotiating committee (PSNC)
- Represent and protect the interests of ALL NHS community pharmacies in England.
- They negotiate the contractual terms for the provision of NHS community pharmacy services.
Local pharmaceutical committee (LPC)
An organisation that represents all local community pharmacies.
Clinical commissioning group (CCG)
An organisation that works with patients to determine what improvements can be made to meet healthcare needs of the local population.
