About this toolkit

sheila.grecian@nhs.scot, Sheila Grecian, Consultant Diabetes and Endocrinology, Western General Hospital Edinburgh

claire.gordon@nhs.scot, Claire Gordon, Consultant in Acute and General Medicine, Western General Hospital Edinburgh

Authorship: This guideline was written by the NHS Lothian General Medical Team. The guidelines are in line with existing national guidance and NHS Lothian policy. 

Review and Approval: 

Content has been reviewed and approved by NHS Lothian Drugs and Therapeutics Committee.

The content will be considered for update 3 years from publication. Any minor updates brought to the  attention will be dealt with on an "as needed" basis.

Content updates on the Right Decisions platform will be carried out by the the NHS Lothian General Medical team, with support from the Right Decision Service team when required.

RDS automated alerts when review is due will be sent to sheila.grecian@nhs.scot.

Amendments will be developed by a multidisciplinary group of clinicians, subject to peer review, and signed off by the NHS Lothian Drugs and Therapeutics Committee.

All information adapted from national guidelines is acknowledged in the appropriate section

A contact email is available in the "Key contacts" section above and can be used to highlight any feedback or complaints.

Any messages received through the RDS Feedback form will also be forwarded to the NHS Lothian General Medical Team.

The NHS Lothian General Medical team will address the feedback. 

The toolkit has been risk assessed, and mitigations put in place where required.

These guidelines were reviewed by end users both within speciality and non-speciality doctors with feedback collated and acted on prior to release. Ongoing review of user feedback will continue.

This guideline is designed to be used for adult, non pregnant, inpatients in NHS Lothian.

It is designed to be used by non-speciality clinical teams (All doctors and ANPs with prescribing competency)