The East Lancashire out-of-hours (OOHs) formulary has been developed collaboratively with Providers of OOH services and
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commissioners. It is based on the national OOH formulary described in Delivering the Out of Hours Review: Securing Proper
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Access to Medicines in the Out of Hours Period (Department of Health, December 2004). These medicines are carried as stock
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items by the OOH services and are intended to be issued to patients at times when pharmacies are closed, and during home
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visits. When ordering medicines on the FP10 prescription form, prescribers are strongly encouraged to follow the OOH formulary
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wherever possible. If this is not appropriate then prescribing should be in accordance with the wider East Lancashire Joint
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Formulary.
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