Catherine Butler Medicines Management Pharmacist Three pharmacists five pharmacy technicians a dietician an admin support officer and a project manager Led by three GPs Key roles P rovide advice and support ID: 500099
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Medicines management update
Catherine Butler
Medicines Management PharmacistSlide2
Three pharmacists, five pharmacy technicians, a dietician, an admin support officer and a project manager.Led by three GPs Key roles:Provide advice and support
Evidence based guidance and formularies Training and educationQIPP savings2The teamSlide3
QIPP Topics 15/16
ProjectDescriptionRespiratory
Promote CCG COPD and asthma guidanceInhaler switchesEducation (practice nurses and GPs)Appliances and dressings
Education (prescribing clerks, practice nurses)
Work with specialist stoma nurses to review patients
Promote CCG guidance and formularies
Paracetamol
Public campaign raising awareness of spend on this and encourage patients to self care
CCG position statement
Z drugs,
temazepam and
nitrazepam
Public campaign to raise awareness of risk to patients on long term sleeping tabs
Utilise Wellbeing service more in the first instance to stop patients requesting sleeping tabs.
Technician switches
Cost
effective switches and repatriating red drugs back to secondary careSlide4
QIPP Topics 15/16
ProjectDescriptionBlood glucose testing strips
Continue to promote adherence to blood glucose meter formulary Pregabalin
Optimise dosing schedule
Target patients
over max daily dose,
with no indication for
pregabalin
Patients in whom it is recorded as not being effective but is still being prescribed
Work with IHT pain clinic and NSFT
Optimise Rx
Create and update profile to reflect QIPP priorities/safety/quality
Antibiotics
Work with infection control and practices to reduce inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics Slide5
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