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1.3 Before you start: National programmes linked to information prescriptions

Here is a list of the various national programmes that have links to information prescriptions. We have split these into 10 links below. Each of these links opens a PDF document that provides information about the national policies and guidance driving the current improvements to health and social care services. Each PDF contains further links to web pages on relevant websites.

Many of these programmes have developed comprehensive resources to support local implementation and delivery of national health and social care improvement priorities and these resources have been designed to support:

• statutory and non-statutory organisations
• local champions seeking endorsement and buy in from their host organisations
• commissioners looking to develop and commission integrated care pathways and co-ordinated packages of care that provide more patient centred services to their local communities.

Links to PDFs

1. Online information resources [tagged PDF 122KB]
2. NICE Guidance [tagged PDF 127KB]
3. Healthcare Standards [tagged PDF 105KB]
4. National Service Frameworks [tagged PDF 97KB]
5. Local Authority Responsibilities [tagged PDF 105KB]
6. Long Term Conditions and Self Care [tagged PDF 129KB]
7. Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP) [tagged PDF 98KB]
8. The Pharmacy White Paper [tagged PDF 97KB]
9. Expert Patient Programme [tagged PDF 103KB]
10. The Picker Institute [tagged PDF 102KB]

You can also download the complete set of the above links in a single PDF [tagged PDF 140KB].

On the next page we will look at the benefits of information prescribing.