New medicine decisions

Formulary Committee Decisions

Decisions on new medicines are made by the West of Scotland Formulary Committee and can be easily searched via the Formulary Decisions page.

In line with guidance developed by the ADTC Collaborative, West of Scotland Formulary Committee decisions on new medicines use the following standard wording:

• Routinely available in line with national guidance
• Routinely available in line with local or regional guidance
• Routinely available from a specialist centre in another health board
• Not routinely available as not recommended for use in NHSScotland
• Not routinely available as local clinical experts do not wish to add the medicine to the formulary at this time or there is a local preference for alternative medicines
• Not routinely available as local implementation plans are being developed or the Formulary Committee is waiting for further advice from local clinical experts