Freedom of Information request - prescribing of antibiotics

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Dear NHS Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group,

We are currently researching the change in GP prescribing behaviour in urinary tract infections.

Please can you provide us with the following information:

Do you have a formulary used by primary care prescribers? If so, what is the current status of nitrofurantoin and trimethoprim with respect to urinary tract infections (e.g. first line, second line, etc)

Has the status of either nitrofurantoin or trimethoprim changed in the formulary since November 2014? If so, can you please provide the previous status(es) and details of the date(s) of change.

Have you had any work plans in place with respect to nitrofurantoin and trimethoprim prescribing since 2014? If so, can you please provide documents and start date.

Have you had any GP prescribing incentive schemes or similar which relate to trimethoprim or nitrofurantoin prescribing since November 2014? If so, can you please provide the documents.

Yours faithfully,

Ben Goldacre and Richard Croker

CCG-Freedom-Of-Information (NHS DONCASTER CCG), NHS Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group

 

 

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NHS Doncaster CCG

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Dear Enquirer,

 

Following your recent request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, please see below the responses to your questions.

 

1.       Do you have a formulary used by primary care prescribers?  If so,
what is the current status of nitrofurantoin and trimethoprim with respect
to urinary tract infections (e.g. first line, second line, etc)

[1]http://medicinesmanagement.doncasterccg....

 

 

2.       Has the status of either nitrofurantoin or trimethoprim changed
in the formulary since November 2014?  If so, can you please provide the
previous status(es) and details of the date(s) of change.

 

Please see attached document

 

3.       Have you had any work plans in place with respect to
nitrofurantoin and trimethoprim prescribing since 2014?  If so, can you
please provide documents and start date.

 

Please see attached document

 

4.Have you had any GP prescribing incentive schemes or similar which
relate to trimethoprim or nitrofurantoin prescribing since November 2014? 
If so, can you please provide the documents.

No

 

 

We trust the information provided is helpful.

 

Kind regards,

 

FOI Coordinator

NHS Doncaster CCG

E-mail: [2][email address]

 

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information is legally exempt from disclosure, the confidentiality of this
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me immediately by using the reply function and then permanently delete
what you have received.  Thank you for your cooperation.

 

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