Penny Daynes, Associate Regional Pharmacy Procurement specialist at SPS, presents a summary of the resources published by SPS between 27th September and 3rd October.

To easily find a list of newly published pages go to sps.nhs.uk, select ‘search’, click in the search bar, and press enter.

Quick links to highlighted resources:

Vancomycin: informing intrathecal risk assessment

https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/vancomycin-informing-intrathecal-risk-assessment/

Vancomycin products vary in their licensed status and other characteristics which affects their suitability for intrathecal administration

Colistimethate sodium: informing intrathecal risk assessment

https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/colistimethate-sodium-informing-intrathecal-risk-assessment/

Colistimethate products vary in their licensed status and other characteristics which affects their suitability for intrathecal administration

Our Medication Safety Update

https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/medication-safety-update/

A resource collating the latest medication safety communications and publications to inform, support and inspire medication safety improvements.

Considerations for developing national PGD and protocol templates

https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/considerations-for-developing-national-pgd-templates/

Decisions to develop PGD templates under the national Medicines Governance Do Once Programme depend on a variety of factors and advice on exclusions is given.

2 new PGDs have been published for trimethoprim and nitrofurantoin for UTIS

https://www.sps.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Trimethoprim-PGD-template-UTI-V2.0.docx#:~:text=UTIs

https://www.sps.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Nitrofurantoin-PGD-template-UTI-V2.0.docx#:~:text=UTIs

Next events – forthcoming webinars and conferences

https://www.sps.nhs.uk/home/events/next-events/

Podcast description:

NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service serves healthcare professionals across the NHS who are involved in all aspects of buying, making and using medicines. Our motto is 'do once and share'.