Joint Area Prescribing Committee

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The Joint Area Prescribing Committee is a group with NHS representation from primary and secondary care across the Derbyshire Health Community. Its purpose is to manage the entry of new medicines and prescribable medical devices into the NHS, develop prescribing guidelines and develop and maintain a locally agreed formulary.

JAPC Meeting Dates - JAPC Submission and meeting dates for the calendar year.

JAPC Agenda Items - Regular Agenda items for JAPC. 

JAPC Traffic Light Classification Criteria - How are drugs classified under the Derbyshire Traffic Light system? Why are some medicines not classified? Find out why not all medicines are classified in the Traffic Light system. 

Prescribing Specification - The prescribing specification forms a part of the healthcare services contract the ICBs have with provider organisations.

April 2024 to March 2025 version 1

New Drug/Prescribable Medical Devices Review - How are drugs assessed? How are medical devices and appliances classified? 

Principles to determine traffic light classification for medical devices and appliances - How do JAPC determine a traffic light classification for medical devices and appliances which may be prescribed on an FP10?

NICE - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence - How are drugs/treatments approved by NICE included in local guidance (i.e. from national to local)? 

Appeals Process - How can a clinician appeal against a decision made by JAPC? 

Outcomes - What happens to the outcomes of JAPC decisions? 

Horizon Scanning - This is the process undertaken by JAPC to identify which new drugs/treatments will be launched in the next financial year.

For Individual Funding Request (IFR) please see the Clinical Policies website under Governance Policies