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Hospital Medicines Utilisation

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Hospital Medicines Utilisation Database (HMUD)

HMUD Homepage

HMUD is the Hospital Medicines Utilisation Database. HMUD is one of the central workstreams of The National Medicines Utilisation Unit (NMUU) . The overall objective of HMUD is to provide access to staff in NHS Boards and other interested parties to good high level information to support the assessment and monitoring of cost and clinical effectiveness of medicines used in hospital.

Here you will find the following pages:

  • News - Up to date information regarding the current status of the system as well as links to our newsletters
  • System Information - Information about the data contained within HMUD, as well as a list of caveats to bear in mind when using the system
  • Training - Training materials to help users familiarise themselves with the system, as well as information on upcoming face to face training sessions
  • Contact - Contact details for questions or comments regarding HMUD.

You can navigate around the site using the links down the left hand side.

Latest visible HMUD data, per site

Please use the following link to view the latest schedule for the data refresh. Progress will be updated weekly.

Latest visible HMUD data, per site Download pdf file [27kb]

HMUD News


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