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Medicines Management
Issue no 1
January/February 2002
ISSN 1474-192X

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How to get going in the community
Noel Dixon describes what medicines management means to him as a community pharmacist [more]

Practice-based medication review for the elderly
Gabrielle Clezy describes how she has set up a medicines management programme in East Elmbridge and Mid Surrey PCG which is just about to go live [more]

Setting up a scheme for older people
Barking & Havering Health Authority is about to launch a medicines management programme caring for older people. Sharon Morrow reports [more]

How to organise "PAPs" for all
Suzanne Berry describes how one PCG is aiming to link a pharmacist with every GP practice in the area [more]

Working with GPs: the "prescribing efficiency scheme" pilot in Devon
Pharmacists can help GPs to prescribe more efficiently. Neil Ansell describes what has been going on in Cullompton, Devon [more]

How to manage heart disease with GPs
Gillian Cruickshank describes the achievements of one Dundee practice [more]

NSF targets: it's communication, communication, communication
Communication with all health care professionals across a PCO is essential for the successful delivery of NSF targets. Brian Curwain reports [more]

Ways to streamline patient discharge
Bed blockers are the bane of many hospital managers. Chris Cairns and Nadine Senner describe how pharmacists can streamline the discharge process [more]

CPP Faculty — how is it developing?
Patients are more likely to receive a medicine than any other form of treatment. The quality, safety and effectiveness of drug therapy is central to patient care. Managing prescribing and the use of medicines remains a significant area of service and financial risk for the NHS requiring expert input from a range of professionals, particularly pharmacists. There can be no better time for the professional support of a Faculty of Prescribing & Medicines Management [more]

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