National Prescribing Service (NPS)

National Prescribing Service (NPS)

The National Prescribing Service (NPS) is an independent, Australian organisation for Quality Use of Medicines.

Aims
• To improve GP knowledge of medications
• In partnership with the NPS, to optimise the uptake of Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) Programs for health professionals through local implementation.

Activities
• Pharmacist visits practices to update and inform on latest medications and case studies of trials
• Educational visiting (academic detailing) and small-group case-based discussion for GPs on therapeutic topics that are linked to national activities and resources
• Communication on Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) issues for GPs
• Raising QUM issues in local media.

Benefits
• Increases in rational prescribing by GP’s
• Enhances GP professional development
• Encourages health professionals to implement change to enhance QUM in their daily practice

 
An online service providing timely, independent information on new drugs, revised PBS listings and newly published research relevant to primary care nps.org.au/health_professionals/publications/nps_radar

 

Available to health professionals for answers to questions on:
·         newly available drugs
·         drug interactions with other drugs, foods, alcohol or complementary medicines
·         adverse drug reactions
·         drug safety in pregnancy or lactation
·         use of drugs in unapproved indications and the evidence if any to support such use

 

Visit www.nps.org for the full range of information available