Opiate Aware
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Guidance and Resources
- Faculty of Pain Medicine – Dose Equivalent and Changing Opioids
- Faculty of Pain Medicine – Opioids Aware: A Resource for Patients and Healthcare Professionals to Support Prescribing of Opioid Medicines for Pain
- NICE Medicines Optimisation in Long Term Pain Advice
- NICE Clinical Knowledge Summary – Opioid Dependence
- NICE Clinical Knowledge Summary – Analgesia Mild to Moderate Pain
- PrescQIPP – Non-Neuropathic Pain
- PrescQIPP – Oxycodone
- PrescQIPP – Opioid Patches
- The Pain Toolkit
- Practical Pain Management – Opioid Conversion and Dosing Calculator
- SIGN – Management of Chronic Pain
- Guidance for Opioid Reduction in Primary Care (taken from Oxford University Hospitals)
- Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain: Resource Pack (taken from Wigan Borough CCG)
Data
- Open Prescribing Data – High Dose Opioids as % of Regular Opioids
- Open Prescribing Data – High Dose Opioids per 1000 Patients
- Open Prescribing Data – Prescribing of Opioids (Total Oral Morphine Equivalence)
- Open Prescribing Data – Prescribing of Pregabalin (Total mg)
- Open Prescribing Data – Prescribing of Pregabalin
Audit tools and GP Clinical Practice searches
- PrescQIPP – High Dose Opioids Audits
- PrescQIPP - EMIS Web - Importing Searches
- PrescQIPP - EMIS Web Opioid Searches
- PrescQIPP - SystmOne - Importing Searches
- PrescQIPP - SystmOne Opioid Searches
- KISS - Fentanyl Patches
- KISS - Opioids for Chronic Pain
- KISS - Oxycodone
- KISS - Pregabalin
- Opioids Aware Audit - Returns Form
- Feedback Template to Request Review of Opioid Medication
- Opioids Proforma
- Anonymised GP Reflections
Brainman Videos
- Understanding Pain Video – Brainman Stops his Opioids
- Understanding Pain Video – Brainman Chooses
- Understanding Pain Video – Brainman
Articles
- The Guardian - Opioids Don't Work for Most People. So Why Do We Still Prescribe Them?
- The Lancet – Opioid Prescribing Trends and Geographical Variation in England 1998-2018
- NHS Sharing Good Practice – Faye’s Story
- The Guardian - Amelia's Story
- Managing Addiction to Prescribed Opioids – The Job of General Practice?
- BMA Analgesic Use Article
Safety Bulletins
- Transdermal Fentanyl Patches – Life Threatening and Fatal Opioid Toxicity from Accidental Exposure (Particularly in Children)
- NPSA - Reducing Dosing Errors with Opioid Medicines Alert
Pallative Care
- WHO's Pain Relief Ladder
- NICE Palliative Care for Adults: Strong Opioids for Pain Relief
- Symptom Managment Guidelines for Care of Adults in the Last Hours or Days of Life (taken from Wigan Borough CCG)