Primary Care Antibiotic Guidelines
During the pandemic please refer to COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing suspected or confirmed pneumonia in adults in the community (NG165)
Where indicated, first choice antibiotic is Doxycycline 200mg stat then 100mg once daily for 5 days
OR
Amoxicillin 500mg TDS for 5 days (see guidance for full details)
More information can be found at https://www.nice.org.uk/about/what-we-do/our-programmes/nice-guidance/antimicrobial-prescribing-guidelines
A summary of the main changes from previous guidance (i.e. for amendments to the ring bound paper copies) may be accessed here