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Every entry for a medicine on your ICB formulary, in the formulary's own words, in two seconds. 36 public formularies, 113,455 entries, read on 03 November 2026. Free for the NHS: create an account or sign in.
Formulary
36ICB formularies, read monthly
113,455entries, verbatim, with source links
10,050guidelines and shared care documents
4,944brand names resolved to generics
three questions
Every prescriber asks these. Most answer them by guessing.
01 · IN THE ROOM

Can I start this today, or does it need a specialist first?

THE ANSWER →
01 · IN THE ROOM

Type the medicine, see every entry on your ICB formulary in its own words: the status, the light, and the exact restriction wording. Four entries for metformin stay four entries. Nothing is merged or graded for you.

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02 · THE BRAND

The patient says Forxiga. The formulary says something else. Which is it?

THE ANSWER →
02 · THE BRAND

4,944 brand names resolve to the generic your formulary uses, and the entries that name the brand are marked, so "Forxiga brand only" and "prescribe generically" both show up where they belong.

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03 · LAST MONTH

Did anything on my formulary change since I last looked?

THE ANSWER →
03 · LAST MONTH

Every formulary is read again monthly and compared line by line. Added, removed, re-lit or reworded entries appear as the row before and the row after, with one weekly email only when something moved.

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What it does

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Every entry, in the formulary's own words.

One box, with typeahead across 113,455 entries. Pick your ICB once and it is remembered. Brands resolve to generics. The result is every row for that medicine, grouped by section, with the status word, the traffic light and the full wording exactly as the formulary wrote it, and a link to the source page on every row.

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REAL ENTRY · NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Forxiga×
Forxiga (Dapagliflozin)36 formularies
Dapagliflozin36 formularies
"Forxiga" is a brand name. This formulary lists it as Dapagliflozin.
Dapagliflozinnames Forxiga
Formulary · Green
Tablets, 5mg, 10mg. Prior approval required (Forxiga® brand only)
source page ↗report an error

What changed, as the row before and the row after.

Each formulary is read again every month and compared line by line against the last read. An entry added, removed, re-lit or reworded is shown as the old row and the new row, nothing summarised. Subscribe to your formulary and you get one email a week, only in the weeks something changed.

ILLUSTRATIVE CHANGE
CHANGED · 06.01.02.03Tirzepatide
beforeFormulary · Amber 2

Specialist initiation only. Continue on specialist recommendation.

afterFormulary · Green

May be initiated in primary care in line with NICE TA924 and the local type 2 diabetes pathway.

Weekly email · only when something moved · one-click unsubscribe

Guidelines, pathways and shared care, in one search.

Every document your formulary links to, 10,050 of them across 36 formularies, searchable by condition or drug. The shared care protocol, the lipid pathway, the inhaler guide: found by name rather than by remembering which chapter it was filed under.

EXAMPLE SEARCH
shared care methotrexate×
PDFMethotrexate shared care guideline (adults)
10.01.03 · Drugs that suppress the rheumatic disease process
Your ICB
Your ICB
Your ICB

The facts that change what you write.

Beside each medicine, from the official publications and dated: Drug Tariff pack prices, whether a Serious Shortage Protocol is in force, this month's price concessions, discontinuations and MHRA recalls. The things that turn "on formulary" into "available and affordable this month".

REAL FACTS · CURRENT MONTH
Drug Tariff
Metformin 500mg tablets ×28 £0.98 · Cat M
Shortage protocol
No Serious Shortage Protocol in force
Price concession
Metformin 1g MR tablets ×56: £4.84 against tariff £1.83
Supply alerts
No recall, supply alert or supply-risk flag
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What a result looks like

this is the product, not a mock-up
real result · Humber and North Yorkshire Formulary · read 03 November 2026
Cardiovascular system › 02.08.02 Oral anticoagulants
ApixabanEliquis®
Formulary
Humber
Humber - First choice Tablets First choice in HUTH for VTE prophylaxis in orthopaedic surgery (off label usage)
source page ↗report an error
ApixabanVTE prophylaxis in orthopaedics
Formulary
VTE prophylaxis following hip or knee replacement surgery
VTE prophylaxis following hip or knee replacement surgery Elective Hip replacement 35 day course Elective Knee replacement 14 day course VTE prophylaxis in ankle surgery for period of immobility, up to 6 weeks course (unlicensed indication). VTE prophylaxis for off label use in orthopaedic surgery including emergency hip replacement. VTE prophylaxis in non surgical lower limb immobilization (unlicensed use) VTE proph…
source page ↗report an error
Apixaban (Non valvular atrial fibrillation )
Formulary
Formulary entry reviewed and updated as per July 2026 HNYAPC
source page ↗report an error
3 of 5 entries shown · the formulary's own words, status words and traffic lights · every row links to its source page
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Works in 29 ICBs, 36 formularies

every public netFormulary site, read monthly · other platforms follow
Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and WiltshireBirmingham and SolihullBlack CountryCentral EastCheshire and MerseysideCoventry and WarwickshireDerby and DerbyshireDorsetEssexGreater ManchesterHampshire and Isle of WightHerefordshire and WorcestershireHumber and North YorkshireLancashire and South CumbriaLeicester, Leicestershire and RutlandLincolnshireNorfolk and SuffolkNorth East LondonNorth East and North CumbriaNorthamptonshireNottingham and NottinghamshireShropshire, Telford and WrekinSomersetSouth East LondonSouth West LondonStaffordshire and Stoke-on-TrentThames ValleyWest YorkshireWest and North London
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Who it is for

GPs"Can I start this?" answered in the consultation, with the formulary's exact restriction wording in front of the patient.
Practice and PCN pharmacistsMedication reviews, switches and queries across several practices, each on its own formulary, from one screen.
Nurses, ANPs and PAsWhich inhaler, which emollient, which dressing the formulary wants, without hunting through chapters.
Community pharmacyWhy a prescription was refused, what the formulary wants instead, and whether a concession or SSP applies this month.
Medicines optimisationEvery month's changes on your own formulary and your neighbours', as rows, for committee papers and comms.
Hospital teamsWhat primary care in your patch can actually continue after discharge, in the ICB formulary's own words.
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Every row shows the date it was read and links to its source page. The chips are the formulary's own status words and lights. If an entry is wrong, the formulary is wrong, and every row has a report link.

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