Resources for Purchase
by NHS Medicines Information Services
This is a list of resources that need to be purchased (books, databases, websites/web-based
resources, journals etc.) which are considered essential for MI services to provide a safe and
efficient service to users. It 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 when, e.g. UKMi workbook, Enquiry Answering
Guidelines. There is also guidance on the risks associated with the use of various resources
available at www.ukmi.nhs.uk/filestore/ukmiacg/Risk-CommonInformationSources2.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) – 100% required for QA purposes
A = Additional resources recommended to support services locally based on enquiry type and
Trust speciality. Recommendations and advice on additional resources held may be given via the
formal QA visit.
Please note that many books and journals are available from your library electronically. Check with
your librarian which resources on this list are purchased by them. If these are easily accessible to
all Trust staff then this may be sufficient for QA purposes.
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 the discounts are provided in Appendix
1. Where costs are stated for an individual resource this applies to approximate full price rather
than inclusive of any discount available via a UKMi deal.
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
helen.davis@lrippu.nhs.uk or via your regional centre.
Date: May 2011
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Changes since December 2010
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.
Drugs in
Pregnancy and
Lactation
Briggs, G et al
Lippincott, Williams &
Wilkins
ISBN: 1608317080
9th
2011
£85
A
New edition
Martindale, the
Complete Drug
Reference
Sweetman, S
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 978085369933 0
37th
2011
£400
paper
*UKMi
Deal*
C
New edition.
*UKMi Deal* for electronic
version only (via
MedicinesComplete)
Neonatal
Formulary: Drug
Use in
Pregnancy & the
First Year of Life
Northern Neonatal
Network
Blackwell Publishing
ISBN: 9781405145176
5th
2007
£40
C
Change: now core for all centres
Updates at
www.neonatalformulary.com
Paediatric
Formulary
Guy’s, St Thomas’ and
Lewisham Hospitals
8th
2011
£20
C
Change: New edition available and now
core for all centres. Contact
Annabel.NunooDowuona@gstt.nhs.uk.
Introduction to
Renal
Therapeutics
Ashley,C & Morlidge C.
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 978085369688 9
1st
2008
£30
A
Change: Now an additional resource,
previously ‘core’ for local and regional
centres.
Moorfields Eye
Hospital –
Pharmacists
Handbook
Moorfields
Pharmaceuticals
ISBN: 0955277612
2006
£38
A
Change: New addition to the UKMi
resource list. New edition due late
2011.
Deletions from the resource list
Therapeutic
Drugs
Dollery, C et al
Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 0443051488
2nd
1999
£250
Aromatherapy for
Health
Professionals
Price, S et al
Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 0443101342
3rd
2007
£27
Special Tests
Evans, D et al
Mosby
ISBN: 0723432899
15th
2003
£15
Drug Interactions
Hansten & Horn, JR
Facts and Comparisons
ISBN: 1754390953
quarterly
£120
(ann.
fee)
Palliative Care
Formulary
Twycross, R & Wilcock, A
Palliativedrugs.com
ISBN: 095525471
3rd
2007
£40
Freely available online
www.palliativedrugs.com which is
significantly more up-to-date than the
paper copy. This is listed on the
Resources with free access list.
British
Pharmacopoeia
2010
British Pharmacopoeia
Commission Secretariat
ISBN: 9780113228287
2010
£830
plus
This should be available in your local
QC department.
Therapeutics in
Pregnancy and
Lactation
Lee, A et al
Radcliffe Press
ISBN: 1857752694
1st
2000
£25
Case Studies in
Psychopharmacology
Taylor, D & Paton, C
Martin Dunitz
ISBN: 1841841544
2nd
2002
£50
Date: May 2011
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Resources for Purchase by NHS MI Services
Title
Authors/
Publisher/ ISBN
Edition
(year)
Est.
Cost
C or
A
Notes
 Via MedicinesComplete:
preferred as it is referenced.
 Via Medscape:
www.medscape.com Free
electronic access (registration
required). After logging in enter a
search term and click on your
selection from the list - you will
see a ‘Detailed Monograph’ tab
(unreferenced).
 Paper (unreferenced)
 Via Dynamed (via
http://cks.library.nhs.uk/ - button
top right) is an American
database that includes
summaries from AHFS.
General
AHFS Drug
Information
McEvoy, GK
American Society of
Health-System
Pharmacists
ISBN: 1585281174
Martindale, the
Complete Drug
Reference
Sweetman, S
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 978085369933 0
Iowa Drug
Information
Service (IDIS)
University of Iowa, USA
Lexi-Comp Inc. (USA)
Write
Effectively
Albert T.
Radcliffe Publishing.
ISBN: 1846191351
Annual
*UKMi
Deal*
C
37th
2011
£400
paper
*UKMi
Deal*
C
£3000
per
year
A
£22
A
2008
*UKMi Deal* for
electronic version
only (via
MedicinesComplete)
Available as CD ROMs or online
via http://itsnt14.its.uiowa.edu/
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
Order direct from Mary
Adverse Drug
Reactions
Lee, A
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 0853696012
15th
2006
£515
(paper)
See
appx 1
for
costing
deals
C
2nd
2006
£25
A
Higham, Account
Executive – Global
Accounts, Elsevier BV,
Radarweg 29, 1043 NX
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Note – Now in six
volumes. Also available
online.
Complementary Medicine
Natural
Medicines
Comprehensive
Database
Date: May 2011
Therapeutic Research
Centre, Stockton,
Canada
£250
per
year
*UKMi
Deal*
C
Available online via
www.naturaldatabase.com.
Updated daily online and frequent
bulletins.
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Resources for Purchase by NHS MI Services
Title
Authors/
Publisher/ ISBN
Edition
(year)
Est.
Cost
C or
A
Herbal
Medicines
Barnes, J et al
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN:
9780 85369 6230
3rd
2007
£75
(paper)
*UKMi
Deal*
A
Stockley's
Herbal
Medicines
Interactions
Williamson E, Driver S,
Baxter K
(also available via
MedicinesComplete)
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 9780853698654
1st
2009
£75
(paper)
*UKMi
Deal*
A
Homeopathic
Pharmacy
Kayne, S
Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 04433101604
2nd
2006
£35
A
Dietary
Supplements
Mason, P
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN:
9780 85369 653 7
3rd
2007
£40
(paper)
*UKMi
Deal*
A
Notes
CD-ROM or online
version (via
MedicinesComplete)
acceptable.
Online version (via
MedicinesComplete)
acceptable.
Online version (via
Medicines Complete)
acceptable.
Contraception and Hormone Replacement Therapy
Contraception:
Your Questions
Answered
Guillebaud J
Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 0443069086
5th
2008
£30
C
The Pill
Guillebaud J
Oxford University Press
ISBN: ISBN:
9780199565764
7th
2009
£10
A
Cytotoxics
Cytotoxics
Handbook
Allwood, M et al
Radcliffe Medical press
ISBN: 1857755049
4th
2002
£90
A
Most manufacturing units
hold this.
Diagnostic tests
Oxford
Handbook of
Clinical and
Laboratory
Investigation
Provan D, et al
Oxford University Press
3rd
2010
£28
A
Note: freely available
resource Lab Tests Online
ISBN: 9780199233717
Drug abuse
Drugs of Abuse
Date: May 2011
Wills, S
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 0853695822
2nd
2005
£25
A
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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
2nd
2010
£45
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
2nd
2010
£30
Handbook on
Injectable
Drugs
Trissel, LA
American Society of
Health-System
Pharmacists
ISBN: 1585282480
16th
2010
£239
C
CD-ROM available or
available via
www.medicinescompl
ete.com
UCL hospital
injectable
medicines
guide
The UCLH Pharmacy
Department
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN-10: 1405191929
3rd
2010
£25
C
This is an alternative
to the IV guide
access to which is
freely available to
contributing
organisations (see
Resources with Free Access
document). UCLH guide is
available in paper and electronic
formats (see www.uclhguide.com
for details).
The Syringe
Driver:
Continuous
Subcutaneous
Infusions in
Palliative Care
Dickman, A et al
Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019856693X
2nd
2005
£25
C
C
*Also available via
medicinescomplete
UKMi recommends that all MI
centres should hold at least one of
these resources.
Drug interactions
Stockley’s Drug
Interactions
Stockley, I
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 0853699149
9th
2010
£145
(paper)
*UKMi
Deal*
C
CD-ROM or online
version (via
Medicines Complete)
available. On-line is
preferable as it is
updated earlier.
Legal and ethical
Dale and
Applebe’s
Pharmacy Law
& Ethics
Date: May 2011
Applebe, G & Wingfield,
J
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 9780853698272
9th
2009
£40
C
Within pharmacy
acceptable for QA.
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Resources for Purchase by NHS MI Services
Title
Authors/
Publisher/ ISBN
Edition
(year)
Est.
Cost
C or
A
Notes
Ophthalmology
Moorfields Eye
Hospital –
Pharmacists
Handbook
Moorfields
Pharmaceuticals
ISBN: 0955277612
2006
£38
A
New edition due late
2011.
Paediatrics
Neonatal
Formulary:
Drug Use in
Pregnancy &
the First Year
of Life
Northern Neonatal
Network
Blackwell Publishing
ISBN: 9781405145176
5th
2007
£40
C
Updates available at
www.neonatalformulary.com
Paediatric
Formulary
Guy’s, St Thomas’ and
Lewisham Hospitals
8th
2011
£20
C
Contact
Annabel.NunooDowuona@gstt.nhs
.uk to order.
Palliative care
A Guide to
Symptom
Relief in
Palliative Care
Regnard, CFB & Dean,
M
Radcliffe Medical Press
ISBN: 9781846193569
6th
2010
£30
A
Pharmacokinetics
Basic Clinical
Pharmacokinetics
Winter, ME
Lippincott, Williams &
Wilkins
ISBN: 9780781779036
5th
2009
£44
C
Can access online if you
have the book (see
details inside front
cover).
Pregnancy and lactation
Medication and
Mothers’ Milk
Drugs during
Pregnancy and
Lactation
Hale, T
Pharmasoft Medical
ISBN: 0982337998
14th
2010
£35
(paper)
Schaefer, C
Elsevier Science
ISBN: 0444520722
2nd
2007
£34
C
Electronic access is
available see
www.ibreastfeeding.com/
http://www.medsmilk.com/cgibin/MediLactOnline.cgi
C
Available from Elsevier
http://www.elsevier.com/wp
s/find/bookdescription.cws_
home/711717/description#d
escription.
Also available
electronically as pdf version.
Drugs in
Pregnancy and
Lactation
Date: May 2011
Briggs, G et al
Lippincott, Williams &
Wilkins
ISBN: 1608317080
9th
2011
£85
A
New edition.
Schaefer is
considered to be
more user-friendly
and clinically
applicable than
Briggs. Online also.
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Resources for Purchase by NHS MI Services
Authors/
Publisher/ ISBN
Edition
(year)
Est.
Cost
C or
A
Handbook of
Obstetric
Medicine
Nelson-Piercy, C
www.informahealthcare
books.com
ISBN: 9781841847375
4th
2010
£50
A
Prescribing in
Pregnancy
Rubin, P
BMJ Books
ISBN: 1405147125
4th
2007
£30
A
Title
Notes
Also available
electronically as pdf
version
Psychiatry
Psychotropic
Drug Directory
Bazire, S
Healthcomm UK Ltd
2010
£30
C
Maudsley
Prescribing
Guidelines
Taylor, D et al
Informa UK Ltd
ISBN: 9781841846996
10th
2009
£50
C
Free copy available from
Lundbeck.
Available in eBooks via
www.library.nhs.uk
using Athens password.
Renal or liver impairment
Introduction to
Renal
Therapeutics
Ashley,C & Morlidge C.
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 978085369688 9
1st
2008
£30
A
The Renal
Drug Handbook
Currie, C et al
Radcliffe Medical Press
ISBN: 1846192982
3rd
2008
£65
*UKMi
Deal*
C
Online version available.
See www.radcliffeoxford.com/renal or
contact your regional
centre for details.
Drug
Prescribing in
Renal Failure:
Aronoff, GR et al
American College of
Physicians
ISBN: 9781930513761
5th
2007
£42.50
A
NB. This has paediatric
as well as adult dosing
guidance.
North-Lewis P.
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 9780853697107
1st
2008
£30
C
Dosing
Guidelines for
Adults and
Children
Drugs and the
Liver.
A guide to drug
handling in liver
dysfunction.
This discusses diseases
affecting the kidney and
their management rather
than provide dosing
guidance covered by
other renal resources.
Covers background
information on liver
function, the principles of
drug use in liver disease
and includes a section of
worked examples of
commonly asked questions.
Surgery
Oxford
Handbook of
Clinical Surgery
Date: May 2011
McLatchie GR
Oxford Medical Pubs.
ISBN: 0198568258
3rd
2007
£25
A
NB May be available in
eBooks via
www.library.nhs.uk using
Athens password.
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Resources for Purchase by NHS MI Services
Title
Authors/
Publisher/ ISBN
Edition
(year)
Est.
Cost
C or
A
Notes
Therapeutics and medicine
Applied
Therapeutics:
The Clinical
Use of Drugs*
Koda-Kimble MA et al
Lippincott, Williams &
Wilkins
ISBN: 0781765552
9th
2008
£119
Clinical
Pharmacy and
Therapeutics*
Walker, R and
Whittlesea, C
Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 0443102856
4th
2007
£44
Goodman and
Gilman’s
Pharmacologic
al Basis of
Therapeutics*
Gilman, AG et al
McGraw Hill
ISBN: 0071422803
11th
2005
*£95
Goodman and
Gilman’s
Manual of
Pharmacology
Therapeutics*
Brunton L et al.
McGraw Hill
ISBN : 978 0 07
144343 2
2008
£25.99
Clinical
Medicine*
Kumar, P & Clark, M
Elsevier
ISBN: 978-0-70202993-6
7th
2009
£50
Oxford
Textbook of
Medicine
Warrell DA, Cox TM,
Firth JD
Oxford University Press
ISBN: 978-0-19920485-4
5th
2010
£350
A
Oxford
Handbook of
Clinical
Medicine
Longmore, M et al
Oxford University Press
ISBN: 978-0-19923217-8
8th
2010
£25
C
Drugdex
Database
Thomson Healthcare
(USA)
N/A
Lexi-Comp
Lexi-Comp Inc. (USA)
N/A
C
*UKMi recommends that at least
one of these resources. 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)
*Available via www.library.nhs.uk in
England
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. May be
available in eBooks via
www.library.nhs.uk using
Athens password.
NB May be available in
eBooks via
www.library.nhs.uk using
Athens password.
C
Drugdex is the preferred choice if
funding is available.
Online via www.micromedex.com
Lexi-Comp via www.lexi.com.
NB. Database comparison projects
are underway.
A
Available online via
www.travax.nhs.uk. Recommended
if large numbers of travel enquiries.
Travel
Travax
Health Protection,
Scotland
N/A
£100
Wound management and dressings
Formulary of
Wound
Management
Products
Date: May 2011
Thomas, S
Euromed
Communications ISBN:
978-1-899015-96-2
10th
2009
£13
A
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Journals
MI centres should ensure they have access to journals via their local library facilities for references.
Journal subscription has been recommended in the past as a means of current awareness. However, with
the advent of daily news feeds this recommendation is no longer relevant.
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
CoAcS
*UKMi
Deal*
C
Appendix 1 - Discounted Subscriptions. Indicated by *UKMi Deal* in tables above
Resource
Cost
Ordering arrangements
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.
Costs are available from your Regional
Centre.
MedicinesComplete
(Recommended for
MiDatabank users)
Contact your regional MI centre
for details. Various packages
available that include Martindale,
Herbal Medicines, Stockley,
AHFS, Trissel. See
www.medicinescomplete.com for
resources published online.
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.
Natural Medicines
Comprehensive
Database
Contact your regional MI centre
for details.
Contact: kwebb@pletter.com directly and
explain you are a UK MI Centre.
ADIS Journals
NHS institutions are eligible for a
discount.
Contact ADIS direct and explain you are an
NHS institution. Tel 01829 771155.
UKMi Training
Workbook
Provided at cost price to UK MI
centres.
Contact your regional MI centre for copies.
MiCAL
UKMi discounted price available.
Contact your regional MI centre for copies.
MiDatabank
Date: May 2011
Available options, support materials and order
form available at www.midatabank.com
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