UKPPG Patient Advice Leaflets (PALs) on CD-ROM

61 Patient Advice Leaflets on one CD-ROM

The United Kingdom Psychiatric Pharmacy Group is delighted to announce that the second release of the perennially popular PALs CD-ROM is now available. OK, they may have taken their time in arriving, but we think the wait will be worth it!

Features
- 61 Patient Advice Leaflets (PALs) including melatonin, methylphenidate for adults and children, risperidone long acting injection, paliperidone and many others that have been written by experts of international standing in the field. For a sample copy (sulpiride and amisulpride) click here
- The format follows the previous edition which has been an outstanding success and has been widely used by other authors.
- pdf versions of all the titles for quick access
- Option to personalise each PAL with your organisation’s logo(s), name and contact details as required
- Personalised PALs can be placed on your organisation’s internal network, for example your intranet, for easy sharing with the trust staff
- Print as many as you want, when you want
- Also works on virtually any PC with a CD-ROM driver
- Completely self-contained
- Only one purchase needed
- UKPPG has sought advise from CNST to seek assurance of compliance
- Updates will become available in due course
- Cost: £1000 (including postage and packing)

Each CD-ROM will contain UKPPG PALs for:

Amisulpride
Amitriptyline
Amoxapine
Aripiprazole
Atomoxetine
Carbamazepine
Citalopram
Clomipramine
Clonazepam
Clozapine
Dexamfetamine *
Diazepam
Donepezil
Dosulepin
Doxepin

Duloxetine
Escitalopram
Fluoxetine
Flupentixol
Fluphenazine
Fluvoxamine
Galantamine
Haloperidol
Hyoscine
Imipramine
Lamotrigine
Lithium
Lofepramine
Lorazepm
Memantine

Methylphenidate *
Mirtazapine
Moclobemide
Nortriptyline
Orphenadrine
Paliperidone
Paroxetine
Phenelzine
Pipotiazine
Procyclidine
Quetiapine
Reboxetine
Risperidone
Risperidone Consta
Rivastigmine

Sertraline
St John’s Wort
Sulpiride
Tranylcypromine
Trazodone
Trifluoperazine
Trihexphenidyl
Trimipramine
Valproate
Venlafaxine
Zaleplon
Zolpidem
Zopiclone
Zotepine

* adult & child versions available

The current PALS printing have inadvertently omitted olanzapine, zuclopenthixol and propranolol, as well as buspirone. These are being added to the list as you read this and a new release will be sent to all current and future purchasers FOC in the near future.

I.T. requirements

A computer (it doesn't even have to be yours!)
Processor: 700Mhz or better/Pentium3 or better
64Mb RAM (not a lot)
16Mb graphics card
Internet Explorer version 6 or 7

Windows XP
CD-ROM driver
Uses Adobe Acrobat (included free-of-charge on the disk)
Links with organisation’s IT department to arrange intranet access

User feedback on the last release

They arrived with us today. Wonderful! I used one within minutes of installing the CD.
Gwawr Faulconbridge, Whitchurch Hospital, Cardiff. December 2001
The first release was followed up in the summer of 2002 by Graham Newton, and you can read the PALs feedback results

If you have any questions about the use of the PALs CD-ROM then please contact Graham Newton on graham.newton@nch.nhs.uk"

Graham Newton

Principal Clinical Pharmacist - Mental Health Services
Pharmacy Department
North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Halton General Hospital
Hospital Way
Runcorn
Cheshire
WA7 2DA

Tel: 01928 - 753 400
Fax: 01928 - 753 191

Pager: 07623 - 617 778

E: graham.newton@nch.nhs.uk

How to get more information or get your own:

Print off the order sheet and sends to UKPPG PALs, Pharmacy, Hellesdon Hospital, Norwich NR6 5BE, England (+44 1603-421452/01603-421452). Due to a series of people failing to pay for significant orders for the PALs in leaflet form, we will only be able to accept cheques with orders. We may be charitable, but don't see why the majority should pay for the few who could pay, but won't.

For enquiries, you could try e-mailing Nina Thomas at Hellesdon Hospital.

The UKPPG has received many requests for the PALs in other languages. We would dearly love to do this, but there are a number of serious issues that need to be resolved:

Which languages to prioritise (so far we've been asked for Greek, Turkish, Kurdish, Albanian, Somalian, Urdu, Gujurati, Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi.... etc). NB CPMS have a Clozaril leaflet in Urdu, Gujurati, Bengali, Hindi and Punjabi. Ask Novartis directly.
There are 19 key UK languages. Urdu is the one most spoken by people who do not speak any English.
Cost of translations (we know people offer them, but actually getting to do the whole job, including several proofs, is more difficult). It will cost about £150 per leaflet to have translated, plus a separate fee to have "back translation" to English to confirm accuracy, as proof reading is not viable. With 40 leaflets in future, this will amount to about £8K per language for each release.
Some words aren't even translatable (apparently the words depression, schizophrenia and psychosis don't exist in many Indian languages)
Many of the ethnic minorities in this country have been shown not to be literate in their own dialects/languages
To ensure quality, you need a back translation (ie from the target language back into English)
Typefaces are a problem for some languages
Updating would also be needed by the same person

Due to the number of languages that are likely to be required we feel that it is not a project to which, at the moment, the UKPPG can divert it's energy and resources. However, should anyone wish to translate a leaflet for an individual or group of patients that might be likely to benefit, we would be delighted to co-operate. Should the NHS find the resources for such a project then we would be delighted to co-operate provided we received due acknowledgement and the translated text was legally and intellectually validated. Copyright of the original text would obviously remain with the UKPPG and we would not accept responsibility for any errors, inaccuracies or misinformation that occurs as a result of translation from the original English.