Guidelines and protocols

To help our staff stay up to date and informed on latest practice, we issue regular guidance and advice as below:

Shared care agreements

Shared care agreements can be found here

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 EnquiryIf you are a healthcare professional, please use this webform to contact us.If you are a patient, please contact us via the Medicines Helpline.

Other guidelines 

• Administration of Injections Guidance and SOP
• Changing from Concerta to Xenidate
• Citalopram/Escitalopram flowchart
• Clozapine acute hospital guide
• Deprescribing policy
• Depression and anxiety treatment guidelines
• Doxepin withdrawal guidance
• Drug Dependence Prescribing Policy
•  Dosulepin withdrawal guidance & patient leaflet
• Formulary 2020
• GASS and clozapine questionnaire
• Holding powers under the mental health act
• Medicines Formulary policy
• Management of common and selected psychiatric emergencies
• Medicine Stock List for other hospital
• Mental health and place of safety
•  Monitoring of Psychotropic Medicines during COVID19
• Position statement on the prescribing of dosulepin
• Post-Discharge Medicines Use Review Guide
• Recommended ongoing physical monitoring of Psychotropic medication for GPs
• Safe staffing guidance
• Standard information for discharge of clients on depot
• Standardised mini mental state examination
• Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination (SMMSE) User Guide
• document Treatment with antiphychotics (1.02 MB)
• Trimipramine withdrawal guidance
• document TWC21m Clozapine Policy (2.59 MB)
• Understanding psychosis and schizophrenia (BPS guidelines)

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.