Medicines are the most frequent therapeutic healthcare intervention in the NHS.
The aim is to optimise the use of medicines by promoting cost effective and evidence based clinical practice and effective risk management to ensure that patients get the right choice of medicine at the right time. We work to ensure our population get the most from their medicines, take medicines correctly, avoid taking unnecessary medicines, improve medicines safety, and reduce medicines wastage.
To find information on a medicine, the condition it treats, useful advice or potential side effects, visit the NHS Medicines A-Z web page on the nhs.uk website.
NHS South East London Integrated Care Board is delighted to confirm that Lambeth and Southwark have been selected as a pilot site for the National Neighbourhood Health Implementation Programme (NNHIP). The NNHIP is a flagship initiative from NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care to support delivery of neighbourhood working. The neighbourhood […]
NHS England has produced an interactive performance dashboard which shows how NHS trusts are segmented, based on their performance against the National Oversight Framework metrics. For the first time, members of the public can explore league tables that show how local trusts compare with others across England on both individual services and at an overall […]
Monday 25th August 2025
