National Medicinal Product Catalogue (NMPC)

Integrated medicine management means a patient's medicine information can be shared wherever they receive healthcare. The National Medicinal Product Catalogue (NMPC) helps make this possible. It gives healthcare workers 1 clear, standard list of medicine names and codes. Healthcare workers use this list when recording a patient's medicines.

It helps to improve:

• patient safety
• patient experience
• healthcare worker experience
• how healthcare data is shared

How the NMPC is used

NMPC is used in community and secondary care when managing a patient's medicines.

In primary care, it is used to share medicine information in:

• GP prescribing
• community pharmacy dispensing
• administration of medicines
• residential care

In secondary care, it is used to share medicine information in:

• admission assessment
• checking medical records
• checking and updating medicines
• prescribing medicines
• dispensing medicines
• monitoring and adjusting treatment
• writing hospital discharge summaries

About the NMPC

The NMPC will be published in 2026. Then it will be updated every month. It includes information about virtual (sometimes called generic) and branded medicines. It is organised into 6 categories of information, called concepts.

The 6 concepts are:

• Virtual Therapeutic Moiety (VTM) - virtual medicine
• Actual Therapeutic Moiety (ATM) - branded version of a virtual medicine
• Virtual Medicinal Product (VMP) - virtual medicine with a specific strength and form
• Actual Medicinal Product (AMP) - branded medicine with a specific strength and form
• Virtual Medicinal Product Pack (VMPP) - virtual medicine with pack size details
• Actual Medicinal Product Pack (AMPP) - branded medicine with pack size details

Contact NMPC

Email: nmpc@hse.ie