Boost for hospital medicines management
Double the number of hospital trusts are set to take part in the Medicines Management Collaborative than originally planned.
Making the announcement at the Guild
of Healthcare Pharmacists conference in Leicestershire on 26 March, Rosie
Winterton, minister for health for England, said that the high quality
of applications had prompted the decision to extend the initiative. Each
trust will receive up to £40,000 to establish multi-disciplinary
partnerships to develop ways of delivering better medicines management.
At the guild’s conference, Ms Winterton reaffirmed the Department
of Health’s commitment to creating the position of consultant pharmacist
and announced the formation of a steering group to deliver guidance on
this new role.
Other announcements included the provision of an endorsed list of unlicensed
medicines, the setting up of a multi-professional steering group to advise
the DoH on developing a coherent framework for a pharmacy public health
strategy and a proposed consultation on skill-mix.
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