Resources for Purchase
by NHS Medicines Information Services
This is a list of resources which should be considered for purchase (books, databases,
websites/web-based resources, journals etc.). These resources are those needed for an MI
service to provide a safe and efficient service to users. This list should be used in conjunction with
‘Resources with Free Access For NHS Medicines Information Services’ in order to provide a
comprehensive service. Other UKMi resources give guidance on what resources to use for
different enquiry types, e.g. UKMi workbook, Enquiry Answering Guidelines. There is also
guidance on the risks associated with the use of various resources available in
Limitations of Common Information Sources used by UKMi at
http://www.ukmi.nhs.uk/activities/clinicalGovernance/default.asp?pageRef=5.
The resources are organised into general subject categories. It is recognised that the requirements
of individual MI centres (MICs) are different and will depend on the service offered by each centre,
the size of the base hospital and the nature of the Trust in which the unit is situated. Where this
affects the holding of a resource, this is indicated. ISBN numbers are included when appropriate
and approximate costs stated (see also UKMi Discounted Subscriptions section and Appendix 1
below). Editions and associated publication dates are also included.
Resources are annotated ‘C’ or ‘A’ where:
C = Core resources* for all MICs to hold (local and regional).
A = Additional resources recommended to support services locally based on enquiry type and
Trust speciality.
Please note that many books and journals will be available from your library electronically.
*For audit purposes, it is acceptable if you can justify not keeping a particular core resource due to:
 Lack of relevant enquiry type received or
 Appropriate relevant resources available elsewhere and easily accessible
Costs and UKMi Discounted Subscriptions
The UKMi Executive has negotiated a number of discounted subscriptions for resources. These
are indicated in the list with *UKMi Deal*. Further details of discounts are provided in Appendix 1.
For resources without a ‘UKMi deal’ costs may fluctuate so resources have been banded according
to approximate cost where:
£
= £1 - £50
££
= £51 - £100
£££
= £101 - £150
££££
= £151 - £300
£££££
= >£300
Updating the List
The Essential Resources list will be updated with new editions etc. on an ongoing basis and details
of any updated resources will be published on the ‘MI News’ section of the UKMi website. The
Clinical Governance Working Group will formally review the contents of the Essential Resources
list annually. The revised list will be published on the UKMi website. Updates to the list will be
reflected in the MiDatabank master list.
Suggestions for additions/deletions or general comments on this document can be forwarded to
[email protected] or via your regional centre.
Date: July 2013
1
Changes since December 2012
Title
Authors/
Publisher/ ISBN
Edition
(year)
Herbal
Medicines
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 9780857110350
4th
2013
Stockley's
Herbal
Medicines
Interactions
Williamson E, Driver S,
Baxter K
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN 9780857110268
2nd
2013
Contraception:
Your Questions
Answered
Guillebaud J,
Macgregor A
Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 978-0702046193
6th
2012
Stockley’s Drug
Interactions
Baxter K, Preston CL.
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 9780857110619
10th
2013
Dale and
Applebe’s
Pharmacy and
Medicines Law
Applebe, G & Wingfield,
J
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 9780853699897
10th
2013
Handbook on
Injectable
Drugs
Trissel, LA
American Society of
Health-System
Pharmacists
ISBN: 978-1585283781
Oxford
Handbook of
Clinical Surgery
Est.
Cost
C or
A
££
A
paper
Online
*UKMi
Deal*
££
Notes
Change:
New edition
Online via
MedicinesComplete
*UKMi Deal*.
A
Change: New edition
Online via
MedicinesComplete
*UKMi Deal*.
paper
Online
*UKMi
Deal*
£
C
Change: New edition
££££
C
Change: New edition.
Online (via
MedicinesComplete
*UKMi Deal*) is
preferable as it is
updated earlier.
£
C
Change: New edition.
Within pharmacy
acceptable for QA.
17th
2012
££££
paper,
online
UKMi
deal
C
Change: New edition.
Available via
MedicinesComplete
UKMi deal
McLatchie GR et al.
Oxford Medical Pubs.
ISBN: 978-0199699476
4th
2013
£
A
Change: New edition
Johns Hopkins
ABX Guide
Unbound Medicine, Inc.
Online
£
C
Change: UKMi deal negotiated,
contact your regional centre for
details.
Drugdex
Database
Thomson Healthcare
(USA)
C
Change: URL changed from
www.micromedex.com to
www.micromedexsolutions.com/ho
me/dispatch
Date: July 2013
paper,
Online
*UKMi
Deal*
Online
for single
user
annual
licence
2
Coming soon
Psychotropic
Drug Directory
2013/14:The
Professionals'
Pocket
Handbook and
Aide Memoire
Bazire, S
Lloyd-Reinhold
Communications
Paediatric
Formulary
Guy’s, St Thomas’ and
Lewisham Hospitals
Date: July 2013
2013
£
C
New edition due. Free copy
available from Lundbeck.
9th
2012
(see
note)
£
C
This paper edition is due in autumn
2013 but is currently freely
available via
http://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.u
k/resources/publications/formulary/
paediatric-formulary-9th-edition.pdf
ISBN: 9780956915627
3
Resources for Purchase by NHS MI Services
Title
Authors/
Publisher/ ISBN
Edition
(year)
Est.
Cost
C or
A
Notes
Please note that following revision of the list there is now no differentiation between local
and regional centres in terms of recommended resources. The ‘core’ or ‘additional’
resources are applicable to all MI centres.
General
AHFS Drug
Information
McEvoy, GK
American Society of
Health-System
Pharmacists
Martindale, the
Complete Drug
Reference
Sweetman, S
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 978085369933 0
Iowa Drug
Information
Service (IDIS)
University of Iowa, USA
Lexi-Comp Inc. (USA)
Write
Effectively
Albert T.
Radcliffe Publishing.
ISBN: 1846191351
Annual
See
notes
C
37th
2011
£££££
C
2008
 Via MedicinesComplete:
preferred as it is referenced.
*UKMi Deal*
 Paper (unreferenced)
*UKMi Deal* for
electronic version only
(via
MedicinesComplete)
paper
Over
£3,000
per
year
A
Available online via
http://itsnt14.its.uiowa.edu/
£
A
Useful if you are
involved in a lot of
bulletin writing
Adverse effects
Meyler’s Side
Effects of
Drugs: The
International
Encyclopedia
of Adverse
Drug Reactions
and
Interactions
Aronson, J
Elsevier
ISBN: 0444509984
15th
2006
£££££
Adverse Drug
Reactions
Lee, A
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 0853696012
2nd
2006
£
A
paper
Consider availability of
other relevant resources
when deciding whether
to purchase.
*UKMi Deal* Contact
regional centre for ordering details.
Also available online.
A
Complementary Medicine
Natural
Medicines
Comprehensive
Database
Therapeutic Research
Centre, Stockton,
Canada
Herbal
Medicines
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 9780857110350
Date: July 2013
££££
C
per
year
4th
2013
££
paper
Online
UKMi
deal
A
*UKMi Deal* Available online via
www.naturaldatabase.com.
Updated daily online and frequent
bulletins
Online via
MedicinesComplete
*UKMi Deal*.
4
Resources for Purchase by NHS MI Services
Title
Authors/
Publisher/ ISBN
Edition
(year)
Stockley's
Herbal
Medicines
Interactions
Williamson E, Driver S,
Baxter K
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN 9780857110268
2nd
2013
Homeopathic
Pharmacy
Kayne, S
Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 04433101604
2nd
2006
Dietary
Supplements
Mason, P
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 978-0853698838
4th
2011
Est.
Cost
C or
A
££
A
paper
Online
UKMi
deal
£
A
££
A
Paper
Online
UKMi
deal
Notes
Online version (via
Medicines
Complete *UKMi
Deal*).
Online version (via
Medicines
Complete *UKMi
Deal*).
Contraception and Hormone Replacement Therapy
Contraception:
Your Questions
Answered
Guillebaud J,
Macgregor A
Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 978-0702046193
6th
2012
£
C
The Pill
Guillebaud J
Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199565764
7th
2009
£
A
Cytotoxics
Cytotoxics
Handbook
Allwood, M et al
Radcliffe Medical press
ISBN: 1857755049
4th
2002
££
A
Most manufacturing units
hold this.
Diagnostic tests
Oxford
Handbook of
Clinical and
Laboratory
Investigation
Provan D, et al
Oxford University Press
3rd
2010
£
A
Note: freely available
resource Lab Tests Online
ISBN: 9780199233717
Drug abuse
Drugs of Abuse
Date: July 2013
Wills, S
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 0853695820
2nd
2005
£
A
5
Resources for Purchase by NHS MI Services
Title
Authors/
Publisher/ ISBN
Edition
(year)
Est.
Cost
C or
A
Notes
Drug administration
2nd
2010
£
*Handbook of
Drug
Administration
via Enteral
Feeding Tubes
White R & Bradnam V
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN 978 0 85369 928
6
The NEWT
Guidelines for
Administration
of Medicines to
patients with
Enteral
Feeding Tubes
or Swallowing
Difficulties
Smyth JA
North East Wales NHS
Trust. Available from
Pharmacy Department,
Wrexham Maelor
Hospital, Croesnewydd
Road, Wrexham, LL13
7TD. 01978 725178
Handbook on
Injectable
Drugs
Trissel, LA
American Society of
Health-System
Pharmacists
ISBN: 978-1585283781
17th
2012
££££
paper,
online
UKMi
deal
C
UCL hospital
injectable
medicines
guide
The UCLH Pharmacy
Department
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 1405191929
3rd
2010
£
C
This is an alternative
to the Injectable
Medicines Guide
access to which is
freely available to
contributing
organisations (see Resources with
Free Access document). UCLH
guide is available in paper and
online formats (see
www.uclhguide.com for details).
Injectable
Drugs Guide
Gray, A et al.
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN 978 0 85369 787
9
1st
2011
£
A
Available via
MedicinesComplete.
The Syringe
Driver:
Continuous
Subcutaneous
Infusions in
Palliative Care
Dickman A and
Schneider J.
Oxford University Press
ISBN: 978019-9569724
3rd
2011
£
C
2nd
C
*Also available via
MedicinesComplete
UKMi deal
UKMi recommends
all MI centres should
hold at least one of
these resources.
£
updated
edition
2012
Electronic access via
www.newtguidelines.
com (preferred as
updated between
paper editions).
Available via
MedicinesComplete
UKMi deal
Drug interactions
Stockley’s Drug
Interactions
Date: July 2013
Baxter K, Preston CL.
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 9780857110619
10th
2013
££££
paper,
Online
*UKMi
Deal*
C
Online (via
MedicinesComplete
*UKMi Deal*) is
preferable as it is
updated earlier.
6
Resources for Purchase by NHS MI Services
Title
Authors/
Publisher/ ISBN
Edition
(year)
Est.
Cost
C or
A
Notes
Legal and ethical
Dale and
Applebe’s
Pharmacy Law
& Ethics
Applebe, G & Wingfield,
J
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 9780853699897
10th
2013
£
C
Within pharmacy
acceptable for QA.
Microbiology
The Sanford
Guide to
Antimicrobial
Therapy
Gilbert et al.
Antimicrobial Therapy,
Inc
ISBN: 9781930808706
Paper
copy
updated
yearly
£
paper
C
£
online
Available in a range
of formats. The digital
editions are preferable
as they are updated
regularly.
http://www.sanfordguide.com
Johns Hopkins
ABX Guide
Unbound Medicine, Inc.
Kucers’. The
Use of
Antibiotics
Grayson ML
ASM Press & Hodder
Arnold
ISBN: 9780340927670
6th
2010
Mandell GL, Bennett
JE, & Dolin R.
ELSEVIER Churchill
Livingstone
ISBN: 9780443068393
7th
2009
Principles and
Practice of
Infectious
Diseases
Online
£
C
*UKMi Deal*, contact your regional
centre for details.
A
Available either as a two
volume book (providing
free ebook access), or
via MedicinesComplete
subscription
(NOTE: Online version is updated
in line with each publication, about
every 3½ - 4 years)
A
Available either as a
two volume book
(providing free online
access to full text),
or an ebook (PDF or
ePub formats)
Online
for
single
user
annual
licence
£££££
paper
£££
online
££££
paper
££££
online
Ophthalmology
Moorfields Eye
Hospital –
Pharmacists
Handbook
Moorfields
Pharmaceuticals
ISBN: 0955277612
2006
£
A
Paediatrics
Neonatal
Formulary:
Drug Use in
Pregnancy &
the First Year
of Life
Date: July 2013
Northern Neonatal
Network
Blackwell Publishing
ISBN: 978140519660-4
6th
2011
£
C
Updates at
www.neonatalformulary.c
om
7
Resources for Purchase by NHS MI Services
Title
Paediatric
Formulary
Authors/
Publisher/ ISBN
Edition
(year)
Est.
Cost
C or
A
Guy’s, St Thomas’ and
Lewisham Hospitals
8th
2011
(see
note)
£
C
Notes
Contact to order:
[email protected].
NB. 9th edition is due in autumn
2013 but is currently freely
available via
http://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.u
k/resources/publications/formulary/
paediatric-formulary-9th-edition.pdf
Palliative care
Palliative Care
Formulary
(PCF4)
A Guide to
Symptom
Relief in
Palliative Care
Twycross R and
Wilcock A.
Palliativedrugs.com
ISBN: 978-0-95525475-8
Regnard, CFB & Dean,
M
Radcliffe Medical Press
ISBN: 9781846193569
4th
2011
£
Book
plus
online
£
online
6th
2010
£
C
Available from
http://www.palliativebo
oks.com/index.php?act
=viewProd&productId=
282.
PCF4 is also available
electronically (subscription).
Current electronic costs similar to
book but the website is updated
more frequently. The syringe
driver tables are still free using
login (click on SDSD tabs, Click
here to continue to SDSD search
page). NB. Any corrections to the
paper copy will be circulated via
ukmi mailtalk.
Electronic PCF4 is freely available
to those with NHS Education
Scotland ATHENS access via
www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/home/
portals-and-topics/palliativecare.aspx.
A
Pharmacokinetics
Basic Clinical
Pharmacokinetics
Date: July 2013
Winter, ME
Lippincott, Williams &
Wilkins
ISBN: 9780781779036
5th
2009
£
C
Can access online if you
have the book (see
details inside front
cover).
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Resources for Purchase by NHS MI Services
Title
Authors/
Publisher/ ISBN
Edition
(year)
Est.
Cost
C or
A
Notes
Pregnancy and lactation
At least two resources should be used for all pregnancy and lactation enquiries.
See also Resources with Free Access list.
Medication and
Mothers’ Milk
Hale, T
Pharmasoft Medical
ISBN: 9780984774630
15th
2012
£
paper
C
£££
Online*
(see
link).
Drugs during
Pregnancy and
Lactation
Schaefer, C
Elsevier Science
ISBN: 0444520722
2nd
2007
£
A
See link for details.
*Online access is
preferable, as it is
updated between
published editions.
However, a new
paper edition, for a
short period, may be the most upto-date version. Check both
versions at this time if available.
Alternatively, if unable to clarify
information elsewhere, contact the
specialist breast-feeding centre.
Available from Elsevier
http://www.elsevier.com/wp
s/find/bookdescription.cws_
home/711717/description#d
escription. Also available
electronically as pdf
version. This book is now
comparatively outdated.
Drugs in
Pregnancy and
Lactation
Briggs, G et al
Lippincott, Williams &
Wilkins
ISBN: 1608317080
9th
2011
££
C
Handbook of
Obstetric
Medicine
Nelson-Piercy, C
www.informahealthcare
books.com
ISBN: 9781841847375
4th
2010
£
A
Prescribing in
Pregnancy
Rubin, P
BMJ Books
ISBN: 1405147125
4th
2007
£
A
Also available
electronically as pdf
version
C
Free copy available
from Lundbeck.
Online also.
Updates are available
(register separately for
paper updates).
Psychiatry
Psychotropic
Drug Directory
Date: July 2013
Bazire, S
Lloyd-Reinhold
Communications
ISBN: 9780956915603
2012
£
9
Resources for Purchase by NHS MI Services
Title
Maudsley
Prescribing
Guidelines
Authors/
Publisher/ ISBN
Edition
(year)
Est.
Cost
C or
A
Notes
Taylor, D et al
Informa UK Ltd
ISBN: 9780470979488
11th
2012
£
C
Available through
MyiLibrary in England
using your Athens
password at:
http://www.myilibrary.
com?id=349701
Access has been
purchased by SHAs rather than
through Core content. Also
available in Wales through eLibrary
using Athens password.
Renal or liver impairment
Introduction to
Renal
Therapeutics
Ashley,C & Morlidge C.
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 978085369688 9
1st
2008
£
A
This discusses
diseases affecting the
kidney and their
management rather
than provide dosing
guidance covered by other renal
resources.
The Renal
Drug Handbook
Currie, C et al
Radcliffe Medical Press
ISBN: 1846192982
3rd
2008
££
C
Online version
available. See
www.radcliffeoxford.com/renal or
contact your regional
centre for details. *UKMi
Deal* will be available via
medicinescomplete
Drug
Prescribing in
Renal Failure:
Aronoff, GR et al
American College of
Physicians
ISBN: 9781930513761
5th
2007
£
A
NB. This has paediatric
as well as adult dosing
guidance.
North-Lewis P.
Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 9780853697107
1st
2008
£
C
Covers background
information on liver
function, the principles of
drug use in liver disease
and worked examples of
common questions.
Dosing
Guidelines for
Adults and
Children
Drugs and the
Liver.
A guide to drug
handling in liver
dysfunction.
Surgery
Oxford
Handbook of
Clinical Surgery
Date: July 2013
McLatchie GR et al.
Oxford Medical Pubs.
ISBN: 978-0199699476
4th
2013
£
A
10
Resources for Purchase by NHS MI Services
Title
Authors/
Publisher/ ISBN
Edition
(year)
Est.
Cost
C or
A
Notes
Therapeutics and medicine
Applied
Therapeutics:
The Clinical
Use of Drugs*
Koda-Kimble MA et al
Lippincott, Williams &
Wilkins
ISBN: 9781451175769
10th
2012
£££
Clinical
Pharmacy and
Therapeutics*
Walker, R & Wittlesea
C.
Elsevier
ISBN: 9780702042935
5th
2011
£
Goodman and
Gilman’s
Pharmacological Basis of
Therapeutics*
Brunton L et al
McGraw Hill
ISBN: 978-0071624428
12th
2011
†£££
Goodman and
Gilman’s
Manual of
Pharmacology
Therapeutics*
Brunton L et al.
McGraw Hill
ISBN: 9780071443432
2008
£
Clinical
Medicine*
Kumar, P & Clark, M
Saunders (W.B.) Co Ltd
ISBN: 978-0702044991
8th
2012
££
Oxford
Textbook of
Medicine
Warrell DA, Cox TM,
Firth JD
Oxford University Press
ISBN: 978-0-19920485-4
5th
2010
£££££
A
Most hospital libraries
hold this resource.
Available online with
frequent updates. NB.
Only 4th edition (2003) is
available in eBooks via
www.library.nhs.uk using Athens
password.
Oxford
Handbook of
Clinical
Medicine
Longmore, M et al
Oxford University Press
ISBN: 978-0-19923217-8
8th
2010
£
C
NB. May be available in
eBooks via
www.library.nhs.uk using
Athens password.
Drugdex
Database
Thomson Healthcare
(USA)
N/A
C
Lexi-Comp
Lexi-Comp Inc. (USA)
N/A
Online via
www.micromedexsolutions.com/ho
me/dispatch
Lexi-Comp via www.lexi.com.
NB. See database comparison.
A
Available online via
www.travax.nhs.uk. Recommended
if large numbers of travel enquiries.
C
*UKMi recommends that at least
one of these resources. If only one
is kept it should be a UK text e.g.
Clinical Pharmacy and
Therapeutics, Clinical Medicine.
The choice of texts selected is left
to the individual centre, taking into
account potential usefulness and
user groups (e.g. diploma students,
etc)
† 2005 (11th edition) available via
MyiLibrary in England using your
Athens password at:
http://www.myilibrary.com?id=3497
01
This is a condensed but
comprehensive and more up to
date version of Goodman and
Gilman’s Pharmacological Basis of
Therapeutics.
Travel
Travax
Health Protection,
Scotland
N/A
££
Wound management and dressings
Formulary of
Wound
Management
Products
Date: July 2013
Thomas, S
Euromed
Communications ISBN:
978-1-899015-96-2
10th
2009
£
A
11
Journals
MI centres should ensure they have access to journals via their local library facilities for references.
Routine journal subscription is at the discretion of the individual centre.
Training tools
MiCAL
London MI Service and
CoAcS
*UKMi
Deal*
C
Computer Assisted Learning
package for MI staff.
UKMi Training
Workbook
Wessex Drug and
Medicines Information
Centre
*UKMi
Deal*
C
Also freely available as separate
chapters on UKMi website.
Enquiry Recording Databases
MiDatabank
Date: July 2013
CoAcS
*UKMi
Deal*
C
12
Appendix 1 - Discounted Subscriptions. Indicated by *UKMi Deal* in tables above
Resource
Cost
Ordering arrangements
Meyler’s Side Effects
of Drugs
Two options for payment. Option
1 is an annual subscription which
increases annually by 5%. Option
2 is a one-off payment plus an
annual fee.
Contact your regional MI centre
for details. Various packages
available. See
www.medicinescomplete.com for
resources published online.
Costs are available from your Regional
Centre.
Natural Medicines
Comprehensive
Database
Contact your regional MI centre
for details.
Contact: [email protected] directly and
explain you are a UK MI Centre.
ADIS Journals
NHS institutions are eligible for a
discount.
Contact ADIS direct and explain you are an
NHS institution. Tel 01829 771155.
UKMi Training
Workbook
Provided at cost price to UK MI
centres.
Contact your regional MI centre for copies.
MiCAL
UKMi discounted price available.
Contact your regional MI centre for copies.
MedicinesComplete
(Recommended for
MiDatabank users)
MiDatabank
Date: July 2013
Contact Laura Nickson Digital Sales
Coordinator, RPS Publishing
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7572 2451
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7572 2505
E: [email protected]
and explain you are a UK Medicines
Information Centre to get discount.
Available options, support materials and order
form available at www.midatabank.com
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