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Committees : NW Surrey Medicines Optimisation Group

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Committee Recommendations (9)

06 Nov 24

North West Surrey / ASPH local recommendation:

Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are changing the brand of enoxaparin from Clexane to Inhixa (equivalent biosimilar product).

Enoxaparin is a biological medicine and must be prescribed by brand in line with MHRA guidance.

There are limited indications for which enoxaparin should be prescribed in primary care but, where indicated, North West Surrey in conjunction with ASPH are recommending that practices change to using the Inhixa® brand for all new initiations to support patient safety.

See the "NWS Enoxaparin brand switch" document for details

06 Nov 24

North West Surrey / ASPH local recommendation:

Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are changing the brand of enoxaparin from Clexane to Inhixa (equivalent biosimilar product).

Enoxaparin is a biological medicine and must be prescribed by brand in line with MHRA guidance.

There are limited indications for which enoxaparin should be prescribed in primary care but, where indicated, North West Surrey in conjunction with ASPH are recommending that practices change to using the Inhixa® brand for all new initiations to support patient safety.

See the "NWS Enoxaparin brand switch" document for details

06 Nov 24

North West Surrey / ASPH local recommendation:

Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are changing the brand of enoxaparin from Clexane to Inhixa (equivalent biosimilar product).

Enoxaparin is a biological medicine and must be prescribed by brand in line with MHRA guidance.

There are limited indications for which enoxaparin should be prescribed in primary care but, where indicated, North West Surrey in conjunction with ASPH are recommending that practices change to using the Inhixa® brand for all new initiations to support patient safety.

See the "NWS Enoxaparin brand switch" document for details

06 Nov 24

North West Surrey / ASPH local recommendation:

Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are changing the brand of enoxaparin from Clexane to Inhixa (equivalent biosimilar product).

Enoxaparin is a biological medicine and must be prescribed by brand in line with MHRA guidance.

There are limited indications for which enoxaparin should be prescribed in primary care but, where indicated, North West Surrey in conjunction with ASPH are recommending that practices change to using the Inhixa® brand for all new initiations to support patient safety.

See the "NWS Enoxaparin brand switch" document for details

06 Nov 24

North West Surrey / ASPH local recommendation:

Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are changing the brand of enoxaparin from Clexane to Inhixa (equivalent biosimilar product).

Enoxaparin is a biological medicine and must be prescribed by brand in line with MHRA guidance.

There are limited indications for which enoxaparin should be prescribed in primary care but, where indicated, North West Surrey in conjunction with ASPH are recommending that practices change to using the Inhixa® brand for all new initiations to support patient safety.

See the "NWS Enoxaparin brand switch" document for details

03 Jul 24

The Surrey Heartlands preferred brands of oxycodone are:

Longtec (oxycodone modified release)

Shortec (oxycodone immediate release)

The North West Surrey MOG, in agreement with ASPH, have aligned their preferred brands of oxycodone with the rest of Surrey Heartlands and now recommend Longtec / Shortec.

There is no requirement so switch patients who are currently receiving other brands.

01 Mar 17
NW Surrey CCG and ASPH Trust have agreed this local resource to aid service improvement in care homes.
03 Feb 16
NW Surrey CCG's MOG agreed the documents attached below providing guidance on monitoring drugs that have been identified as having common adverse drug reactions leading to hospitalisation. The following drugs are covered:
o ACE inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor antagonists
o Digoxin
o NSAIDs (including COX IIs)
o Diuretics
06 Jan 16
LOCAL AGREEMENT for NWS CCG - prescribing advice re travel vaccines in particular Hep B and Meningococcal ACWY