Guidelines and protocols
To help our staff stay up to date and informed on latest practice, we issue regular guidance and advice as below.
Medicine information service
The Medicines Information Service is available to healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses, pharmacists, midwives, dentists, dieticians etc.) working in primary and secondary care. For patients across the London boroughs of Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth the service is available via the Medicines Helpline,
Submitting a Medicines Information Enquiry
If you are a healthcare professional, please use the form below to contact us. If you are a patient, please contact us via the Medicines Helpline.
Media browser
| Title | Status | Format | Description | Size | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06 Deprescribing Psychotropic Medicines Guideline v2.0 Final.docx | Current | docx | 233KB | Download | |
| citalopram__escitalopram-flowchart-revised-dec2012 (1).ppt | Current | ppt | 135KB | Download | |
| Clozapine Acute Hospital Guide Final 2020.pdf | Current | 156KB | Download | ||
| Depression and Anxiety Treatment guidelines v4.1.docx | Current | docx | 239KB | Download | |
| Dosulepin withdrawal guidance & patient leaflet.pdf | Current | 322KB | Download | ||
| Doxepin withdrawal guidance 1.0.pdf | Current | 336KB | Download | ||
| Gass-clozapine-questions.pdf | Current | 99KB | Download | ||
| Holding powers under_the_mental_health_act.pdf | Current | 67KB | Download | ||
| Lithium Shared Care FINAL 2023.doc | Current | doc | 210KB | Download | |
| Medicines Stock List for other Hospitals.pdf | Current | 55KB | Download |
Depression and anxiety
citalopram__escitalopram-flowchart-revised-dec2012 (1).ppt [ppt] 135KB
Depression and Anxiety Treatment guidelines v4.1.docx [docx] 239KB
Dosulepin withdrawal guidance & patient leaflet.pdf [pdf] 322KB
Doxepin withdrawal guidance 1.0.pdf [pdf] 336KB
SWL Position statement dosulepin FINAL V1 July 2017.pdf [pdf] 260KB
Trimipramine withdrawal guidance & patient leaflet v2.0 Feb 2021.pdf [pdf] 196KB
Mood stabilisers
Psychosis
Administration of Injections Guidance and SOP v5.0 FINAL.docx [docx] 4MB
Clozapine Acute Hospital Guide Final 2020.pdf [pdf] 156KB
Gass-clozapine-questions.pdf [pdf] 99KB
Standard Information for discharge clients on depot LAI to primary care.pdf [pdf] 78KB
Other medicines guidance
Deprescribing Psychotropic Medicines Guideline v2.0 Final.docx [docx] 233KB
Prescribing for Dependence Policy v5.0.doc [doc] 1MB
Medicines Formulary Policy Final 4.0.docx [docx] 214KB
Medicines Stock List for other Hospitals.pdf [pdf] 55KB
Ongoing Physical Health Monitoring of Psychotropics for Primary Care.pdf [pdf] 145KB
NICE guidance
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) advises the National Health Service (NHS) regarding treatments that should be made available. You can read their appraisals on the use of medicines which are relevant to the services we provide, here.