Review the prescribing of red (secondary/tertiary care) medicines in primary care in line with the Dorset Formulary “traffic light” system.
The Dorset Formulary “traffic light” system defines where clinical, and therefore prescribing responsibility for prescribing between primary and secondary care should lie through categorising individual drugs as RED, AMBER, GREEN or GP-Grey.
The “traffic light” system is intended to provide a framework to consider the clinical responsibility and competency associated with the prescribing of a medicine, or if a medicine should be obtained by the person themselves and is not based on the cost of a medication.
Red drugs should only be prescribed via secondary / tertiary care and therefore primary care prescribing requires a review, taking into account any out of area existing shared care agreements (which may be excluded).
Black drugs are considered to be non-formulary and therefore primary care prescribing requires a review.
Run the SystmOne search to identify people prescribed red drugs in primary care.
Review prescribing in line with the Dorset formulary, taking into account any out of area existing shared care agreements (which may be excluded).
SystmOne search: Dorset SystmOne GPs/PQS Finance 25 26/F9 red and black drugs review
