What drugs should I carry or have accessible?
- GPs must be able to defend themselves on grounds of good clinical practice
- Different practices operate in different settings with different resources around them i.e. a GP practising in a remote rural setting will have different considerations from one close to a hospital
There is no specific guidance in relation as to which drugs to carry. However, there are some guides that you could draw on e.g.
You should have access* to urgent treatment for emergencies that you may come across where treatments have a time dependent element for life-saving purposes
e.g.
- aspirin for an MI
- adrenaline for anaphylaxis
- benzylpenicillin for meningitis
(*This will depend on the set up and location of your surgery. Practice may vary from each doctor having their own personal emergency drug bag or a designated emergency drug store/bag being available in the surgery.)
We suggest that each practices meets, looks at the available advice and decides a policy for what treatments are available and how they are available (personal bag, practice cupboard, practice emergency bag) basing that decision on their unique practice circumstances
Updated june 2010 |
