What we do
Medicines Optimisation
What’s Changing?
As a result of a change in the way the ICB is managing and commissioning Medicines Optimisation services, the contract is coming to an end.
However, much of this work – particularly medicines safety activity – remains essential for patient care and practice governance.
Our experienced pharmacy team can continue to support GP practices directly, helping to maintain patient safety, quality and efficiency in medicines use.
What we do
Medicines Optimisation includes many aspects of medicines including reducing waste, improving safety and ensuring patients take their medicines correctly. It is about ensuring that patients have the right medication, at the right time and that they are involved in the process.
Our medicines optimisation team can support your practice to reduce polypharmacy, advise on formulary choice of medications, review medication for appropriateness and prompt safe review of medication. This not only encourages cost-effective prescribing, it improves patient safety, reduces medication waste and promotes patient centred care.
How does it work?
Our medicines optimisation team of pharmacists and technicians can work both within GP practices and remotely to allow for quick turnaround of any urgent actions. They carry out cost-saving medication switches, review and highlight potential patient safety issues, action drug safety updates, ensure prescribing is safe and cost-effective and act as a point of contact for any questions or queries from GPs, nurses, other pharmacists, administration staff and patients themselves.
What can we offer
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Advice and action on MHRA alerts and Patient Safety Alerts
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Support with formulary updates and prescribing changes
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Review of patients on Dual/Triple Anticoagulants
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Review of patients on anticoagulants for non-AF indications
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Review of patients prescribed duplicate inhalers
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Actioning prescribing of specials, red drugs and high-cost drugs
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Safety monitoring of Valproate and Topiramate
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Opioid management support
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Support with prescribing guidance changes e.g. gluten free prescribing
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Clinical queries team to provide advice and guidance for prescribing and medicines related queries when you need it
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Care Home support
Benefits
Improve patient safety
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Reduce your prescribing costs
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Support to meet safety and cost prescribing requirements
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Improvement to prescribing processes
Support to improve relationships with community pharmacy
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Support you to meet CQC requirements
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Medicines Information support
Other
Pharmicus
Services
Centralised remote support for GP surgeries by a team of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
Pharmicus
Hub
Please see more information on the range of services provided in practice and remotely from our Pharmicus team.
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If you would like support from our team, please get in touch below.
Local
Care Home
Would you like assistance with medication reviews, reducing waste and much more within your care home?
Contact us
Can't find what you are looking for or would like to speak to a member of our team? Send us a message using the form below.
April Sim​
Head of Pharmicus