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Database of health authority initiatives

i.gif (947 bytes) n July 1997, a database of locally managed initiatives on prescribing and medicines use was developed and distributed, in paper format, to assist health authority .
prescribing advisers in current and future work. In early 1999, this database was
subsequently made available, in a fully searchable format, to health authority staff within a password-protected section of the NPC website on the NHSNet. Information held within the database includes project details with contact names and numbers of project leads. Advisers can update information relating to their own projects/organisation and can read project information from all other health authorities.

National Conference for health authority prescribing advisers: educational sessions

t.gif (998 bytes) he annual conference for health authority prescribing advisers, held in June 1998, specifically set aside time in both short presentation and workshop sessions to allow advisers to present details of local initiatives and good practice. Workshops
were interactive by design, allowing detailed exploration and knowledge sharing of main issues.

NPC sponsored regionally organised events

a.gif (1012 bytes) s part of the process of providing information to, and obtaining feedback from, NPC core audiences the Director or Assistant Director continued to attend a regional meeting of health authority prescribing advisers within each of the eight NHS
regions in England during 1998/99. At these meetings, an offer was made to financially support the organisation and running of an educational meeting(s) for health authority prescribing advisers (and others where appropriate) on a prescribing related topic of current interest. The criteria for approval of funding (up to £1,500 per region for the year) were that main outcomes of the event should be summarised in writing for potential dissemination nationally, by the NPC, to key professionals.

During 1998/99, five regions took up the offer and ran events on a range of prescribing issues. This initiative was well received by both advisers and regional offices and has been continued into 1999/2000.