🔍 Attention to all clinical pharmacists working within a PCN role or directly at a GP practice:
Please share any findings or learning points for dissemination across PCNs. 🔄📣
Ensure GP practices allocate time or designate someone to handle MHRA alerts, CQC safety searches, medication reviews, and maintain a proper drug monitoring recall system. ⏰💊
Develop a shared action plan involving the practice, PCN, and PCN lead/local community pharmacist to establish safe and efficient processes. This includes:
Incorporating deprescribing when reviewing medications, such as reducing opioids in chronic pain management. 💊➖
Implementing robust systems to minimize medication harm, focusing on specific medicines like ACE inhibitors, ARBs, loop diuretics, etc. 🛡️
Reporting and learning from prescribing/medicines incidents. 📝📚
Updating Practice Repeat Prescribing processes accordingly. 🔄
Attending Medicines and Prescribing Network meetings for personal development, clinical supervision, and to deliver the shared action plan. 🤝📊
Sharing learning and best practices on medicines safety at quarterly face-to-face network meetings. 📈🧠
Arrange and participate in quarterly PCN meetings with member practices, including:
Inviting the PCN Community Pharmacy lead and actively working to identify one if vacant. 👩⚕️👨⚕️
Sharing key learning points on medicines safety, overprescribing, shared decision making, and case review learning. 📋📌
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