The Prescribing Analysis and Support Unit of the RDTC provides strategic prescribing support services to Primary Care Trusts and other primary care organisations, and NHS Hospital Trusts across the North of England. This encompasses primary care prescribing analysis and critical analysis of new drugs to market as well as reviews of key medicine-related issues in the North of England. We also answer specific prescribing-related enquiries from primary care prescribing advisers, general practitioners and other NHS healthcare professionals. For enquiries relating to therapeutics, individual patients or medicines, please contact our medicines information service.

We provide our services to NHS healthcare professionals across the North of England, particularly primary care pharmaceutical and medical advisers, Directors of Public Health, and NHS Hospital Trust Chief Pharmacists.

If you are a patient, please contact your GP or NHS Direct for further advice on medical conditions and treatments.

The Prescribing Analysis and Support Unit of the RDTC is staffed by pharmacists, information scientists, data analysts, a statistician and medical support is provided by a consultant physician.

See our staff list and staff structure pages

This service is available during the following hours:

Monday to Friday             09:00 – 17:00

Our contact details are below.