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NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) FREE; for Apple and Android devices Access all NICE guidance on a variety of conditions and diseases as well as on public health topics such as smoking cessation and diabetes prevention. Browse by topic or type of guidance, search for keywords, or revisit bookmarked pages. Specific chapters or an entire guideline can be easily shared by users via email.


NICE BNF FREE; Apple and Android Available to NHS staff in England, Scotland and Wales, this offers a useful offline reference for the British National Formulary. There is up- to-date practical information on prescribing, dispensing and administrating medicines that can be easily searched or browsed. An NHS Athens account is required to activate the app. Described as useful by many, although some recent reviews have complained of technical glitches/crashing.


My GMP FREE; Apple and Android This new app from the General Medical Council offers easy access to core guidance Good Medical Practice. It has a quick search function and users can favourite paragraphs, get alerts on monthly “hot topics” and link to online case studies to help apply GMC guidance in practice.


MIMS (Monthly Index of Medical Specialties) £9.99 for a 12-month subscription to content updates; Apple and Android MIMS is described as the essential prescribing and drug reference guide. For over 50 years it has provided medical professionals with information on UK-licensed medicines, including drug dosages, warnings, contraindications and adverse events. It is said to be accessed over 450,000 times every month by UK GPs. The app downloads the whole database to your device (no internet access required) which can be easily searched from anywhere in the app.


SIGN (Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network) FREE; Apple and Android This app was downloaded more than 8,000 times in its first two months of release. It features Quick Reference Guides (QRGs) on a selection of SIGN guidelines, including those for the management of atopic eczema, rheumatoid arthritis, venous thromboembolism, and psoriatic arthritis in adults. The QRG content is enhanced with material from the main guideline and online resources, linked to the SIGN website. Each new SIGN QRG will be added as an update as it is published, building into a complete library. The app also features keyword search, bookmarking and in-app access to the SIGN website.


Patient.co.uk FREE; Apple and Android Search their database of more than 900 patient information leaflets on health, conditions and diseases and quickly locate health services in your area (England only). Browse by category and bookmark and share concise summaries/diagrams useful for explaining conditions in plain English.


GPnotebook One-off payment of £27.99; Apple This “online encyclopaedia of medicine” offers quick access to a database holding more than 26,000 pages of information. Users can make annotations and search the resource by keyword or browse by topics such as “cardiovascular” or “chest medicine”. GPnotebook account holders can synchronise annotations and other personal data held in the app with their online account.


Cancer Referral Guidelines – Quick Reference Guide FREE; Apple and Android This aims to help doctors make referrals for patients with a suspected cancer. The guidelines are searchable and grouped by cancer type. The app is based on the Scottish Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer.


Joanne Curran is an associate editor of GPST


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