The National Prescribing Centre (NPC) has published the sixth edition of its newsletter 'Tough Decisions', a quarterly publication available to all NHS personnel making decisions about the funding and commissioning of medicines at a local level. This issue addresses the following topics:

• Local decision-making news…in brief

• How the NPC and NICE can help you and your commissioning groups

• New medicines — are you prepared?

• Managing medicines across a health community — is your Area Prescribing Committee fit for purpose?

• IFR manager newsSharing practice

The newsletter can be accessed at the link below.