Antimicrobial Guidance
Updated 04/02/25
Local antimicrobial guidance is available from the Lincolnshire Prescribing and Clinical Effectiveness Forum (PACEF) and Lincolnshire Joint Formulary websites.
The direct link to the antimicrobial pages is below. New guidance available here was published in April 2024:
- Clinical Guidelines :: Lincolnshire Prescribing and Clinical Effectiveness (lincolnshire-pacef.nhs.uk),There is now also a separate AMS page which you may find useful: Antimicrobial Stewardship :: Lincolnshire Prescribing and Clinical Effectiveness (lincolnshire-pacef.nhs.uk)
Antimicrobial Guidance and App access
Since December 2024, the Microguide app and website no longer provide current Antimicrobial Guidance for Lincolnshire. Lincolnshire ICB have commissioned Eolas Medical to maintain local antimicrobial guidance. Details of how to access guidance using the App can be found below
You can also access the Lincolnshire ICB guidance from Eolas at
- Lincolnshire ICB Antimicrobial Guidance: https://app.eolasmedical.com/organisation/Lincolnshire%20ICB
With specific guides available from this page below:
TARGET Antibiotic Toolkit
The TARGET (Treat Antibiotics Responsibly, Guidance, Education and Tools) Toolkit Hub is an invaluable resource, designed support clinicians, including community pharmacists working in primary care with their development and implementing robust antimicrobial stewardship. The TARGET Toolkit Hub is hosted by the Royal College of GPs eLearning hub, and can be accessed at:
Within the toolkit, there is a Summary of Antimicrobial Prescribing Guidance; this has been produced as an interim, whilst UKHSA and NICE agree options for producing this in the future. You can access this Summary using the link below:
