Q. How can I access resources covering specialist areas in relation to drug and pharmacological information?

Children

• Medicines for Children

  Provides access to useful leaflets for health professionals, parents and carers. There are leaflets on specific medicines and for general medicines advice. There are also useful leaflets giving practical advice on how to administer medicines, eye drops, ear drops and other forms, to children.

• RCPCH: Medicines resources

  Evidence-based information on prescribing and medicines safety to support healthcare professionals.

• RCPCH: QI Central

  Medication errors are a significant but preventable cause of harm to children and young people. The RCPCH look at improving medication safety, bringing together tools and improvement projects to share learning and support teams in their own frontline practice.

Breastfeeding & Pregnancy

• Bumps : best use of medicine in pregnancy

  This website provides information leaflets for pregnant women and their partners. Information covers a variety of medicines, drug classes, recreational drugs and products such as face cream and hair dye.

• Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed)

  Contains information on drugs and other chemicals to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. It includes information on the levels of such substances in breast milk and infant blood, and the possible adverse effects in the nursing infant. Suggested therapeutic alternatives to those drugs are provided, where appropriate.

• MotherToBaby

  Providing evidence-based information about medications and other exposures during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Immunisation & Vaccinations

• The Green Book

  Produced by Public Health England (previously by the Department of Health) this online book provides comprehensive advice on vaccines and vaccination. Individual chapters are updated as required. Click on the chapter you want to view.

• Vaccine Update

  A monthly newsletter produced by Public Health England. Current and archive editions are available online.

Drug Safety

• Drug Safety Update

  This GOV UK bulletin is published monthly and highlights current areas of concern.