Resources for Purchase
by NHS Medicines Information Services
This is a list of resources which should be considered for purchase (books, databases,
websites/web-based resources, journals etc.). These resources are those needed for an MI
service to provide a safe and efficient service to users. This list should be used in conjunction with
‘Resources with Free Access For NHS Medicines Information Services’ in order to provide a
comprehensive service. Other UKMi resources give guidance on what resources to use for
different enquiry types, e.g. UKMi workbook, Enquiry Answering Guidelines. There is also
guidance on the risks associated with the use of various resources available in
Limitations of Common Information Sources used by UKMi at:
http://www.ukmi.nhs.uk/filestore/ukmiacg/LimitationsofCommonInformationSourcesv6June2014_3.doc
The resources are organised into general subject categories. It is recognised that the requirements
of individual MI centres (MICs) are different and will depend on the service offered by each centre,
the size of the base hospital, and the nature of the Trust in which the unit is situated. Where this
affects the holding of a resource, this is indicated. ISBN numbers are included when appropriate
and approximate costs stated (see also UKMi Discounted Subscriptions section and Appendix 1
below). Editions and associated publication dates are also included.
Resources are annotated ‘C’ or ‘A’ where:
C = Core resources* for all MICs to hold (local and regional).
A = Additional resources recommended to support services locally based on enquiry type and
Trust speciality.
*For audit purposes, it is acceptable if you can justify not keeping a particular core resource due to:

Lack of relevant enquiry type received or

Appropriate relevant resources available elsewhere and easily accessible
When assessing your access to the following resources, you may wish to check
http://www.library.nhs.uk (or http://www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk in Scotland or
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/ in Wales) to see if you have electronic access to the most up-to-date
edition.
Costs and UKMi Discounted Subscriptions
The UKMi Executive has negotiated a number of discounted subscriptions for resources. These
are indicated in the list with *UKMi Deal*. Further details of discounts are provided in Appendix 1.
For resources without a ‘UKMi deal’ costs may fluctuate so resources have been banded according
to approximate cost where:
£
= £1 - £50
££
= £51 - £100
£££
= £101 - £150
££££
= £151 - £300
£££££
= >£300
Updating the List
The Essential Resources list will be updated with new editions etc. on an ongoing basis and details
of any updated resources will be published on the ‘MI News’ section of the UKMi website. The
Clinical Governance Working Group will formally review the contents of the Essential Resources
list annually. The revised list will be published on the UKMi website. Updates to the list will be
reflected in the MiDatabank master list.
Suggestions for additions/deletions or general comments on this document can be forwarded to
laura.kearney@uhl-tr.nhs.uk or via your Regional Centre.
Date: February 2015
1
Changes since October 2014
Title
Palliative Care
Formulary
(PCF5)
Authors/
Publisher/ ISBN
Twycross R and
Wilcock A.
Palliativedrugs.com
Edition
(year)
Est.
Cost
C or
A
Notes
5th
2014
See
notes
C
Change: New edition
The online version is
regularly updated
and is the
recommended
option.
Plus
Online,
e-Book
Neonatal
Formulary:
Drug Use in
Pregnancy &
the First Year
of Life
Northern Neonatal
Network
Blackwell Publishing
ISBN: 978140519660-4
7th
2014
£
C
Change: New edition
Updates available at
www.neonatalformul
ary.com
Dialysis of
Drugs
Renal Pharmacy
Consultants
2014
£
A
Change: No longer a free
resource
Available as a
printed guide or wall
chart. An App and
iBook are also
available.http://renal
pharmacyconsultant
s.com/
Paediatric
Formulary
Guy’s, St Thomas’ and
Lewisham Hospitals
9th
2014
C
Change: Available as a free
resource
This edition is now freely available
and therefore has been removed
from this list. Available via:
http://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.u
k/resources/publications/formulary/
paediatric-formulary-9th-edition.pdf
The NEWT
Guidelines for
Administration
of Medicines to
patients with
Enteral
Feeding Tubes
or Swallowing
Difficulties
Smyth JA
North East Wales NHS
Trust.
3rd
2015
C
Change: New edition
An online version is also available
and is the preferred format.
Available from:
http://www.newtguidelines.com
C
Available for preorder. Due to be
published May 2015.
£
plus
online
Coming soon
Maudsley
Prescribing
Guidelines
Taylor, D et al
Informa UK Ltd
ISBN: 9781118754603
Date: February 2015
12th
2015
£
2
Resources for Purchase by NHS MI Services
Title
Authors/
Publisher/ ISBN
Edition
(year)
Est.
Cost
C or
A
Notes
Please note that following revision of the list there is now no differentiation between local and
regional centres in terms of recommended resources. The ‘core’ or ‘additional’ resources are
applicable to all MI centres.
General
AHFS Drug
Information
McEvoy, GK
American Society of
Health-System
Pharmacists
Martindale, the
Complete Drug
Reference
Sweetman, S
Pharmaceutical Press
ISSN: 0263-5364
Iowa Drug
Information
Service (IDIS)
University of Iowa, USA
Lexi-Comp Inc. (USA)
Write Effectively
Albert T.
Radcliffe Publishing.
ISBN: 1846191351
Annual
See
notes
C
 Via MedicinesComplete: preferred as
it is referenced. *UKMi Deal*
 Paper (unreferenced)
38th
2014
£££££
C
*UKMi Deal* for
electronic version only
(via MedicinesComplete)
paper
A
2008
£
Available online via
http://itsnt14.its.uiowa.edu/
NB. This resource ceased publication
in December 2014, but is still
accessible up until June 2015 for
existing subscribers.
A
Useful if you are
involved in a lot of
bulletin writing
Adverse effects
Meyler’s Side
Effects of Drugs:
The International
Encyclopedia of
Adverse Drug
Reactions and
Interactions
Aronson, J
Elsevier
ISBN: 0444509984
15th
2006
£££££
Adverse Drug
Reactions
Lee, A
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 0853696012
2nd
2006
£
A
paper
Consider availability of
other relevant resources
when deciding whether to
purchase.
*UKMi Deal* Contact
regional centre for ordering details.
Also available online.
A
Complementary Medicine
Natural Medicines
Comprehensive
Database
Therapeutic Research
Centre, Stockton,
Canada
Herbal Medicines
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 9780857110350
Date: February 2015
££££
C
per
year
4th
2013
££
paper
Online
UKMi
deal
A
www.naturaldatabase.com.
Updated daily online and frequent
bulletins. NOTE: UKMi Deal is no
longer available.
Online via
MedicinesComplete *UKMi
Deal*.
3
Resources for Purchase by NHS MI Services
Title
Authors/
Publisher/ ISBN
Edition
(year)
Est.
Cost
C or
A
Notes
Complementary Medicine
Stockley's Herbal
Medicines
Interactions
Williamson E, Driver S,
Baxter K
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN 9780857110268
2nd
2013
Homeopathic
Pharmacy
Kayne, S
Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 04433101604
2nd
2006
Dietary
Supplements
Mason, P
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 978-0853698838
4th
2011
££
A
paper
Online
UKMi
deal
£
A
££
A
Paper
Online
UKMi
deal
Online version (via
Medicines
Complete *UKMi
Deal*).
Online version
(via Medicines
Complete *UKMi
Deal*).
Contraception and Hormone Replacement Therapy
Contraception:
Your Questions
Answered
Guillebaud J,
Macgregor A
Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 978-0702046193
6th
2012
£
C
The Pill
Guillebaud J
Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199565764
7th
2009
£
A
Cytotoxics
Cytotoxics
Handbook
Allwood, M et al
Radcliffe Medical press
ISBN: 1857755049
4th
2002
££
A
Most manufacturing units
hold this.
Diagnostic tests
Oxford Handbook
of Clinical and
Laboratory
Investigation
Provan D, et al
Oxford University Press
3rd
2010
£
A
Note: freely available resource
Lab Tests Online
ISBN: 9780199233717
Drug abuse
Drugs of Abuse
Wills, S
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 0853695820
Date: February 2015
2nd
2005
£
A
4
Resources for Purchase by NHS MI Services
Title
Authors/
Publisher/ ISBN
Edition
(year)
Est.
Cost
C or
A
Notes
Drug administration
*Handbook of
Drug
Administration via
Enteral Feeding
Tubes
White R & Bradnam V
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN 978 0 85369 928
6
The NEWT
Guidelines for
Administration of
Medicines to
patients with
Enteral Feeding
Tubes or
Swallowing
Difficulties
Smyth JA
North East Wales NHS
Trust. Available from
Pharmacy Department,
Wrexham Maelor
Hospital, Croesnewydd
Road, Wrexham, LL13
7TD. 01978 725178
Handbook on
Injectable Drugs
Trissel, LA
American Society of
Health-System
Pharmacists
ISBN: 978-1585283781
UCL hospital
injectable
medicines guide
2nd
2010
3rd
2015
£
C
*Also available via
MedicinesComplete
UKMi deal
All MI centres should
hold at least one of these
resources.
£
Electronic access via
www.newtguidelines.com (preferred as
updated between paper editions).
plus
online
17th
2012
££££
paper,
online
UKMi
deal
C
The UCLH Pharmacy
Department
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 1405191929
3rd 2010
£
paper,
app
C
Injectable Drugs
Guide
Gray, A et al.
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN 978 0 85369 787
9
1st
2011
£
A
The Syringe
Driver: Continuous
Subcutaneous
Infusions in
Palliative Care
Dickman A and
Schneider J.
Oxford University Press
ISBN: 978019-9569724
3rd
2011
£
C
Available via
MedicinesComplete UKMi
deal
This is an alternative to
the Injectable
Medicines Guide. UCLH
guide is available in
paper, web and app
formats (see
www.uclhguide.com for details).
Available via
MedicinesComplete.
Drug interactions
Stockley’s Drug
Interactions
Baxter K, Preston CL.
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 9780857110619
10th
2013
££££
C
Online access (via
MedicinesComplete
*UKMi Deal*) is
preferable since it is
updated inbetween
paper,
Online
*UKMi
Deal*
editions.
Date: February 2015
5
Resources for Purchase by NHS MI Services
Title
Authors/
Publisher/ ISBN
Edition
(year)
Est.
Cost
C or
A
Notes
Lactation
At least two resources should be used for all lactation enquiries. Note, some resources include both pregnancy
and lactation information
See also Resources with Free Access list.
Medications and
Mothers’ Milk
Hale & Rowe
Hale publishing
ISBN: 978-1939847386
16th
2014
plus
online
£
paper
£
Online*
(see
link)
C
Drugs during
Pregnancy and
Lactation
Schaefer, C et al.
Academic Press Inc
ISBN: 0124080782
3rd
2014
££
A
Drugs in
Pregnancy and
Lactation
Briggs, G et al
Lippincott, Williams &
Wilkins
ISBN: 1451190824
10th
2014
££
A
plus
online
*Online access is
preferable, as it is
updated between
published editions.
However, a new paper
edition, for a short period,
may be the most up-todate version. Check both versions at
this time if available. Alternatively, if
unable to clarify information elsewhere,
contact the specialist breast-feeding
centres.
Online also via
http://inkling.com/read,
Register using access
code inside front cover.
NB: Internet Explorer 9
recommended to access
online version. Firefox or Google
Chrome are also suitable.
Very limited information regarding drug
use during breastfeeding.
Quarterly updates are available via the
online access.
Legal and ethical
Dale and
Applebe’s
Pharmacy and
Medicines Law
Applebe, G & Wingfield,
J
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 9780853699897
10th
2013
£
C
Within pharmacy
acceptable for QA.
Microbiology
The Sanford
Guide to
Antimicrobial
Therapy
Gilbert et al.
Antimicrobial Therapy,
Inc
ISBN: 9781930808706
Paper
copy
updated
yearly
Johns Hopkins
ABX Guide
Unbound Medicine, Inc.
Online
Date: February 2015
£
paper
C
£
online
£
Online
for
single
user
annual
licence
C
Available in a range
of formats. The digital
editions are preferable as
they are updated regularly.
http://www.sanfordguide.co
m
*UKMi Deal*, contact your Regional
Centre for details.
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Resources for Purchase by NHS MI Services
Title
Authors/
Publisher/ ISBN
Edition
(year)
Est.
Cost
C or
A
Notes
Microbiology
Kucers’. The Use
of Antibiotics
Principles and
Practice of
Infectious
Diseases
Grayson ML
ASM Press & Hodder
Arnold
ISBN: 9780340927670
6th
2010
Mandell GL, Bennett
JE, & Dolin R.
ELSEVIER Churchill
Livingstone
ISBN: 978-1455748013
8th
2014
£££££
paper
A
Available either as a two
volume book (providing free
ebook access), or via
MedicinesComplete
subscription
(NOTE: Online version is updated in
line with each publication, about every
3½ - 4 years)
A
Available either as a two
volume book (providing
free online access to full
text), or an ebook (PDF
or ePub formats).
£££
online
££££
paper
££££
online
Ophthalmology
Moorfields Eye
Hospital –
Pharmacists
Handbook
Moorfields
Pharmaceuticals
ISBN: 0955277612
2006
£
A
Paediatrics
Neonatal
Formulary: Drug
Use in Pregnancy
& the First Year of
Life
Northern Neonatal
Network
Blackwell Publishing
ISBN: 978140519660-4
7th
2014
£
C
An ebook is also
available:
http://eu.wiley.com/Wiley
CDA/WileyTitle/productC
d-1118819594.html
Updates available at
www.neonatalformulary.com
Palliative care
A Guide to
Symptom Relief in
Palliative Care
Regnard, CFB & Dean,
M
Radcliffe Medical Press
ISBN: 9781846193569
6th
2010
£
A
Palliative Care
Formulary (PCF5)
Twycross R and
Wilcock A.
Palliativedrugs.com
ISBN: 978-0-95525475-8
Available from
http://www.palliativeboo
ks.com/index.php?act=
viewProd&productId=2
82
5th
2014
£
Book
C
plus
online
£
online
Date: February 2015
Also available electronically
(preferred format as
updated more frequently).
The syringe driver
compatibility tables are free
to access, using login.
PCF5 also contains selected
information from Symptom
Management in Advanced Cancer
(discontinued in 2014).
Electronic PCF5 is freely available to
those with NHS Education Scotland
ATHENS access via
www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/home/port
als-and-topics/palliative-care.aspx.
7
Resources for Purchase by NHS MI Services
Title
Authors/
Publisher/ ISBN
Edition
(year)
Est.
Cost
C or
A
Notes
Pharmacokinetics
Basic Clinical
Pharmaco-kinetics
Winter, ME
Lippincott, Williams &
Wilkins
ISBN: 9780781779036
5th
2009
£
C
Can access online if you
have the book (see details
inside front cover).
Pregnancy
At least two resources should be used for all pregnancy enquiries. Note, some resources include both pregnancy
and lactation information.
See also Resources with Free Access list.
* Note either Briggs or Schaeffer can be purchased as the Core resource—it is not necessary for Centres to have
access to both
* Drugs in
Pregnancy and
Lactation
Briggs, G et al
Lippincott, Williams &
Wilkins
ISBN: 1451190824
10th
2014
££
C
* Drugs during
Pregnancy and
Lactation
Schaefer, C et al.
Academic Press Inc
ISBN: 0124080782
3rd
2014
££
C
Reprorisk
Database
Thomson Healthcare
(USA)
N/A
£££££
A
Handbook of
Obstetric Medicine
Nelson-Piercy, C
ISBN: 9781841847375
4th
2010
£
A
Prescribing in
Pregnancy
Rubin, P
BMJ Books
ISBN: 1405147125
4th
2007
£
A
Date: February 2015
Online also via
http://inkling.com/read,
Register using access
code inside front cover.
NB: Internet Explorer 9
recommended to access
online version. Firefox or Google
Chrome are also suitable.
Quarterly updates are available via the
online access.
* see note above
* see note above
Online via
www.micromedexsolutions.com/home/
dispatch
The Reprorisk database includes
Reprotox, Shepards, and Teris. The
database can be added on as a ‘bolton’ to the Micromedex package.
Also available
electronically as pdf
version
8
Resources for Purchase by NHS MI Services
Title
Authors/
Publisher/ ISBN
Edition
(year)
Est.
Cost
C or
A
Notes
Psychiatry
Psychotropic Drug
Directory 2014
Bazire, S
Lloyd-Reinhold
Communications
ISBN: 9780956915627
2014
£
C
Maudsley
Prescribing
Guidelines
Taylor, D et al
Informa UK Ltd
ISBN: 9780470979488
11th
2012
£
C
See
http://www.psychotropicdr
ugdirectory.com/pddinfo.html for details
Renal and liver impairment
Introduction to
Renal
Therapeutics
Ashley,C & Morlidge C.
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 978085369688 9
1st
2008
£
A
This discusses diseases
affecting the kidney and
their management rather
than provide dosing
guidance covered by other
renal resources.
The Renal Drug
Database
Ashley C, Dunleavy A,
and UK Renal
Pharmacy Group
online
££
C
A *UKMi Deal* is
available for Database
subscriptions—see
appendix for details.
The Renal Drug
Handbook (4th Edition)
can also be purchased
from Radcliffe Medical
Press (ISBN: 190936 8941), although
the Database is updated more
frequently and is the preferred format.
Drug Prescribing
in Renal Failure:
Dosing Guidelines
for Adults and
Children
Aronoff, GR et al
American College of
Physicians
ISBN: 9781930513761
5th
2007
£
A
Dialysis of Drugs
Renal Pharmacy
Consultants
2014
£
A
Date: February 2015
NB. This has paediatric as
well as adult dosing
guidance.
Available as a printed
guide or wall chart. An
App and iBook are also
available.
9
Resources for Purchase by NHS MI Services
Title
Authors/
Publisher/ ISBN
Edition
(year)
Est.
Cost
C or
A
Notes
Renal and liver impairment
Drugs and the
Liver.
A guide to drug
handling in liver
dysfunction.
North-Lewis P.
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 9780853697107
1st
2008
£
C
Covers background
information on liver function,
the principles of drug use in
liver disease and worked
examples of common
questions.
Surgery
Oxford Handbook
of Clinical Surgery
McLatchie GR et al.
Oxford Medical Pubs.
ISBN: 978-0199699476
4th
2013
£
A
Therapeutics and medicine
Applied
Therapeutics: The
Clinical Use of
Drugs*
Koda-Kimble MA et al
Lippincott, Williams &
Wilkins
ISBN: 9781451175769
10th
2012
£££
Clinical Pharmacy
and Therapeutics*
Walker, R & Wittlesea
C.
Elsevier
ISBN: 9780702042935
5th
2011
£
Goodman and
Gilman’s
Pharmacologic-al
Basis of
Therapeutics*
Brunton L et al
McGraw Hill
ISBN: 978-0071624428
12th
2011
£££
Goodman and
Gilman’s Manual
of Pharmacology
Therapeutics*∆
Hilal-Dandon R &
Brunton L.
McGraw Hill
ISBN-10: 007176917X
2013
£
Clinical Medicine*
Kumar, P & Clark, M
Saunders (W.B.) Co Ltd
ISBN: 978-0702044991
8th
2012
££
Oxford Textbook
of Medicine
Warrell DA, Cox TM,
Firth JD
Oxford University Press
ISBN: 978-0-19920485-4
5th
2010
£££££
A
Oxford Handbook
of Clinical
Medicine
Longmore, M et al
Oxford University Press
ISBN: 978-0-19960962-8
9th
2014
£
C
Date: February 2015
C
*UKMi recommends that at least one
of these resources is purchased. If only
one is kept it should be a UK text e.g.
Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics,
Clinical Medicine.
The choice of texts selected is left to
the individual centre, taking into
account potential usefulness and user
groups (e.g. diploma students, etc)
∆This is a condensed but
comprehensive and more up to date
version of Goodman and Gilman’s
Pharmacological Basis of
Therapeutics.
Most hospital libraries hold
this resource. Also available
online with frequent updates.
10
Resources for Purchase by NHS MI Services
Title
Authors/
Publisher/ ISBN
Edition
(year)
Est.
Cost
C or
A
Notes
Therapeutics and medicine
Drugdex Database
Thomson Healthcare
(USA)
N/A
£££££
Lexi-Comp
Lexi-Comp Inc. (USA)
N/A
£££££
C
Online via
www.micromedexsolutions.com/home/
dispatch
Lexi-Comp via www.lexi.com.
NB. See database comparison.
A
Available online via www.travax.nhs.uk.
Recommended if large numbers of
travel enquiries.
Note: This advice is based on that
produced by NHS Scotland and may
differ from advice in other sources (i.e.
NaTHNac). However, all advice is
evidence based. It is advised that one
resource only is used in these
circumstances.
Travel
Travax
Health Protection,
Scotland
N/A
££
Wound management and dressings
Formulary of
Wound
Management
Products
Thomas, S
Euromed
Communications ISBN:
978-1-899015-96-2
10th
2009
£
A
Journals
MI centres should ensure they have access to journals via their local library facilities for references.
Routine journal subscription is at the discretion of the individual centre.
Training tools
MiCAL
London MI Service and
CoAcS
*UKMi
Deal*
C
Computer Assisted Learning package
for MI staff.
UKMi Training
Workbook
Wessex Drug and
Medicines Information
Centre
*UKMi
Deal*
C
Also freely available as separate
chapters on UKMi website.
Enquiry Recording Databases
MiDatabank
Date: February 2015
CoAcS
*UKMi
Deal*
C
11
Appendix 1 - Discounted Subscriptions. Indicated by *UKMi Deal* in tables above
Resource
Cost
Ordering arrangements
ADIS Journals
NHS institutions are eligible for a
discount.
Contact ADIS direct and explain you are an
NHS institution. Tel 01829 771155.
Meyler’s Side Effects
of Drugs
Two options for payment. Option
1 is an annual subscription which
increases annually by 5%. Option
2 is a one-off payment plus an
annual fee.
Contact your regional MI centre
for details. Various packages
available. See
www.medicinescomplete.com for
resources published online.
Costs are available from your Regional
Centre.
MedicinesComplete
(Recommended for
MiDatabank users)
MiDatabank
Contact Laura Nickson Digital Sales
Coordinator, RPS Publishing
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7572 2451
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7572 2505
E: laura.nickson@rpsgb.org
and explain you are a UK Medicines
Information Centre to get discount.
Available options, support materials and order
form available at www.midatabank.com
Renal Drug database
Discount available for UKMi.
Contact Jonathan McKenna at Radcliffe
Publishing.
jonathan.mckenna@radcliffepublishing.com
or 0207 954 3502.
UKMi Training
Workbook
Provided at cost price to UK MI
centres.
Contact your regional MI centre for copies.
Date: February 2015
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