The Lipid Lowering Template facilitates safe and effective management of lipid lowering treatments such as statins, ezetimibe and PCSK9i inhibitors
How to Access
In the lower left hand corner use the search bar, type in ‘Lipid Lowering’ and select the following template:
Alternatively, press F12 and search for ‘Lipid Lowering’, this will return the aforementioned template.
Lipid Lowering Template Home Page
The Lipid Lowering page provides an overview of lipid lowering treatment.
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| As summary of the indications for lipid lowering | The button will open a screen showing more details e.g.  | |
| Link to QRISK2 calculator | Most recently recorded QRISK2 score | |
| Link to website with statin Cates plots – this webpage will be opened with the patient’s most recent QRISK2 score. Link to the NICE Statin Patient Decision Aid | Most recent lipid results | Link to TPP lipid table/graph |
| Button to calculate a target non-HDL cholesterol, based on achieving a 40% reduction in non-HDL choletesterol Box to manually enter target non-HDL cholesterol, if needed, e.g. if the most recent non-HDL cholesterol is ‘on treatment’. | Most recent cholesterol (and triglyceride if present) targets. | |
| Current repeat lipid lowering Warnings and alerts, including: Consider starting lipid lowering Poor concordance/compliance Consider setting lipid target Target not achieved Consider statin intensification | Link to the Medication Timeline which shows a schematic of all previous medication Link to Lipids Results and Lipid Rx which shows a list of lipid lowering medication and lipid results so response to treatment and concordance can be assessed eg.  | |
| Tickbox for statin offered Buttons to record that lipid lowering if declined or not indicated – the protocol which runs from this button will check if all lipid lowering therapy is declined or not indicated or just statins. | Most recent codes indicating that lipid lowering is not appropriate e.g. declined, not indicated, not tolerated. A warning will be displayed if the patient has a S1 ADR to statins recorded but not a Snomed code | A button to show all previous lipid lowering exception codes and S1 lipid lowering ADR information. e.g.   |
Links to tabs for individual lipid lowering medication Button to run lipid lowering checklist – this protocol runs a series of checks looking at drug indication, dosing, lipid targets, drug interactions and provides a checklist for key information about the prescribing with information for the patient.  | The latest contents of the lipid lowering checklist |
Pages for for Individual Drugs
Pages for the individual drugs show key prescribing and safety information. Key information (such as renal function) is shown in the middle panel, along with warnings about potential safety issues and interactions.
There are buttons for:
- Creating new repeat of atorvastatin 20mg
- Creating new repeat of a different dose of atorvastatin
- Creating statin PIL
- Creating a scheduled task for checking lipids and LFTs in 3m (for routine monitoring after initiation)
- Running the lipid lowering checklist
Statin Potency Page
Shows statin potencies
