April 2022 - Foresight Newsletter

April 2022 - Foresight Newsletter

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NSW MEDICINES FORMULARY The NSW Ministry of Health (Ministry) is leading a reform to establish a state-wide medicines formulary. The NSW Medicines Formulary is a list of medicines and other therapeutic agents that have been approved for use within NSW public hospitals and health services. It includes the approved indication, dose formulations and any applicable prescribing restrictions for each medicine. Providing better value health care across the NSW Health system reduce variation in medicine use while maintaining appropriate clinical choice. improve patient care and equity of access to medicines. optimise medication safety through consistency of medicines use. use statewide purchasing to obtain best value. The change from facility or local health district to a standardised state-wide approach to pharmaceutical procurement seeks to: Fostering best practice clinical care to improve patient outcomes supporting clinical governance through streamlined formulary medicine decision making, and reducing duplication of effort. supporting monitoring and feedback of >Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6

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