{"id":3876,"date":"2025-03-27T13:06:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T13:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/medicines\/?page_id=3876"},"modified":"2025-03-28T09:51:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T09:51:03","slug":"red-and-black","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/medicines\/value\/pqs\/25-26\/red-and-black\/","title":{"rendered":"Red and black drugs prescribing review"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/i><\/i><\/span>What are you asking me to do?<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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Review the prescribing of red (secondary\/tertiary care) medicines in primary care in line with the Dorset Formulary<\/a> \u201ctraffic light\u201d system.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/i><\/i><\/span>Why are you asking me to do this?<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
\n

The Dorset Formulary<\/a> \u201ctraffic light\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

The \u201ctraffic light\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

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).<\/p>\n

Black drugs are considered to be non-formulary and therefore primary care prescribing requires a review.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/i><\/i><\/span>How do I do it?<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
\n

Run the SystmOne search to identify people prescribed red drugs in primary care.<\/p>\n

Review prescribing in line with the Dorset formulary, taking into account any out of area existing shared care agreements (which may be excluded).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/i><\/i><\/span>What resources\/support is provided to help me deliver this?<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
\n

SystmOne search: Dorset SystmOne GPs\/PQS Finance 25 26\/F9 red and black drugs review<\/p>\n

Dorset Formulary<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":3699,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3876","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/medicines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/medicines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/medicines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/medicines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/medicines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3876"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/medicines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3900,"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/medicines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3876\/revisions\/3900"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/medicines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/medicines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}