Purpose
NICE's medicines practice guideline on developing and updating local formularies recommends that medicines recommended in NICE technology appraisals are adopted into local formularies automatically (if clinically appropriate and relevant to the services provided by the organisation). This document supports that process by summarising information that local formulary decision-making groups are likely to need.
Local groups have their own formats of multi-criteria decision tool, reflecting their needs. This document is not intended to mandate any change or variation from those. Local groups can use this resource to help complete their own local documents, adapting it to their own circumstances and supplementing it with additional information as necessary.