A membership organisation which looks after the professional and personal needs of doctors in the UK, about 2 out of 3 doctors being members. It is also a trade union and negotiates doctors’ terms and conditions of service.
British National Formulary (BNF)
is an authoritative pocket-book and on-line resource for those concerned with the prescribing, dispensing and administration of medicines in Britain. It is distributed to prescribers through the auspices of the NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE (NICE).