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6. Endocrine system - guidance

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BNF Section/s Title Issuing Body  Date of Issue Update Due
6.9.2 Armour Thyroid - Position Statement Armour Thyroid  
Kent & Medway CCG Jun 21
Jun 2023
6.8.1 Conception -  Assisted Conception Service Specification 
Kent and Medway NHS Standard contract 2016/2017 -

6.3.1.4

 2.5.3

Dapagliflozin - Primary Care Guidance Dapagliflozin for Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in Adults Kent and Medway CCG Jun 2022  - 

6.3.1.4

 2.5.3

Dapagliflozin - Dapagliflozin for treating chronic kidney disease TA775 NICE Mar 2022  - 
6.3.1.1 Degludec - Insulin degludec for type 1 diabetes in adults    Kent & Medway PRGC Jan 2017  -
6.3.1.1 Degludec -Insulin degludec (IDeg) for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus   Kent & Medway PRGC Mar 2019 -
6.3.1.1 Degludec/Liraglutide - Insulin Degludec/Liraglutide (IdegLira; Xultophy) for type 2 diabetes mellitus  Kent & Medway PRGC Nov 2015  -

6.3.3

6.3.3.1  6.3.3.2

Diabetes Blood Glucose Monitoring- Guidelines for self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) and ketone test strips and Lancets Kent & Medway ICB Aug 2023 Aug 2025
6.3.1 Diabetes - Guidelines for the Management of        Type 2 Diabetes in Adults Kent & Medway ICB Aug 2022 Aug 2024
6.3.1.5 Diabetes -Type 1 diabetes in adults: diagnosis and management  - NG17
NICE Mar 2022  
6.3.1.5 Diabetes  - (Type 1 and type 2) in children and young people: diagnosis and management -  NG18 NICE Mar 2022  
6.3.1.5 Diabetes - Type 2 diabetes in adults: management - NG 28
NICE Mar 2022  
6.3.3.3 Flash Glucose Monitoring -  Flash Glucose Monitoring System (FreeStyle Libre)Treatment Pathway   Kent & Medway CCG Apr 2021
Apr 2023
6.3.3.3
Freestyle Libre 1- Product Discontinuation
Kent & Medway ICB Nov 2022  
6.3.3.3 Glucose Monitoring - Interim support for prescribing  Real Time Continuous Glucose Monitoring (rtCGM)
Kent & Medway ICB Mar 2023  
6.8.1 6.8.1.2 6.8.1.3 6.8.1.4 7.6.3 HRT - Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) Prescribing Guidelines  Kent & Medway ICB Apr 2023 Apr 2025
6.3.1.1
(Insulin Lispro)
Insulin - High strength, fixed combination and biosimilar insulin products: minimising the risk of medication error

MHRA
Drug Safety Update 

Apr 2015  
6.3.1.1 Insulin - Kent and Medway Guidance on Safe Insulin Prescribing - Version 1.0

Kent & Medway ICB

Oct 2023 Oct 2025
6.3.1.1 Insulin - Kent and Medway Guidance of Biosimilar Insulin Prescribing - Version 1.0

Kent & Medway ICB

Oct 2023 Oct 2025
6.3.3.4 Insulin Pen Needles -   Guidance on insulin pen needles and preferred formulary choices for Kent and Medway Kent & Medway ICB Aug 2023 Aug 2025
6.9.2 Liothyronine - Position Statement Liothyronine prescribing Kent & Medway CCG Jun 2021
Jun 2023
6.9.2 Liothyronine -  Liothyronine prescribing recommendations- Review of Existing Therapy for hypothyroidism    Kent & Medway CCG Jun 2021
Jun 2023
6.4 Osteoporosis - Prevention of Osteoporosis in Post-menopausal Women Medway CCG Jun 2014
Jun 2016
6.4.2.2 Raloxifene and Teriparatide -  Raloxifene and teriparatide for the secondary prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures in postmenopausal women - TA 161   NICE Feb 2018 -
6.4.3  Romosozumab

High-Cost Drug

   
6.4.3  Romosozumab - Romosozumab for treating severe osteoporosis - TA791

NICE

May 2022 -
6.3.1.4 SGLT2 - SGLT2 Inhibitors (Canagliflozin, Dapagliflozin, Empagliflozin) risk of diabetic ketoacidosis 

MHRA
Drug Safety Update

Jun 2015 -
6.3.1.4 SGLT2 - SGLT2i Top Tips NHS Kent & Medway Guidance

Kent & Medway ICB

Oct 2023 Oct 2025
6.7.4 Somatrogon - Somatrogon for treating growth disturbance in children and young people aged 3 years and over - TA863

NICE

Feb 2023  
6.4.2.2 Teriparatide - Teriparatide for osteoporosis Kent & Medway PRGC Jan 2016  

6.8.1.5

6.8.2.1

 Testosterone - Topical testosterone (Testogel): risk of harm to children following accidental exposure

MHRA
Drug Safety Update

 Jan 2023  

6.3.1.4

Tirzepatide - Tirzepatide for treating type 2 diabetes TA924

NICE

Oct 2023  

 

 

 

 

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