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| British National Formulary | |
 The standard cover design is easily identified with each six-monthly edition distinguished by a different jacket colour. |
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| Author | British Medical Association and Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain |
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| Publisher | British Medical Journal Publishing Group and Pharmaceutical Press |
| Publication date | March 2008 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0853697760
Published jointly by the BMJ Group and RPS Publishing (a wholly-owned publishing organisation of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain). Compiled with the advice of clinical experts, the British National Formulary (BNF) provides up-to-date guidance on prescribing, dispensing and administering medicines. The BNF details medicines prescribed in the UK, with special reference to their uses, cautions, contra-indications, side-effects, dosage and relative costs. Updated every six months, the BNF reflects current best practice as well as legal and professional guidelines relating to the use of medicines. It is intended for use by prescribers, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals. |
The British National Formulary (BNF) contains a wide spectrum of information on prescribing and pharmacology, among others indications, side effects and costs of the prescription of all medications available on the National Health Service. It is used by doctors and other prescribers (such as nurses, paramedics, and pharmacists) to help them select appropriate treatments for their patients; and is used as a general reference book on the wards by nurses who administer medications.
The BNF is jointly published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and the BMJ Group, which is owned by the British Medical Association. It is published twice a year (in March and September) under the authority of a Joint Formulary Committee which comprises representatives of the two professional bodies and the Department of Health (United Kingdom). Issue 55 was published in March 2008.
Information on drugs is drawn from the manufacturers' product literature, medical and pharmaceutical literature, regulatory authorities and professional bodies. Advice is constructed from clinical literature and reflects, as far as possible, an evaluation of the evidence from diverse sources. The BNF also takes account of authoritative national guidelines and emerging safety concerns. In addition, the Joint Formulary Committee takes advice on all therapeutic areas from expert clinicians; this ensures that the BNF's recommendations are relevant to practice. Many individuals and organisations contribute towards the preparation of the BNF.
There are several sister publications - The British National Formulary for Children (BNF-C), is produced, and details drugs and their doses/uses in children; as well as two editions specially for nurses - The Nurse Prescriber's Formulary and the Extended Nurse Prescriber's Formulary, although with the recent changes to allow Extended Nurse Prescribers to prescribe from the full BNF, the fate of the latter publication is in some doubt.
Contents |
The BNF is divided into various sections with the main sections on drugs and preparations being organised by body system.
Table of Contents
Notes on drugs and preparations
Appendixes and indexes
As of March 2008 the current edition is v55, following the normal 6 monthly schedule, v56 will be published in September 2008.