or those in care homes). Signposting Ensure that patients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional for Repeat and the appropriate implement a level of care practice repeat within an prescribing appropriate policy. period of time e.g. pathology Manage the results, repeat common/minor prescribing ailments, acute reauthorisation Risk stratification Identification conditions, long of process by cohorts of term condition reviewing patients at high reviews etc. patient requests risk of harm for repeat from medicines prescriptions through and reviewing Service Contribute prepared medicines development pharmaceutical practice reaching review advice for the computer dates and development searches flagging up and Information those Analyse, needing a implementation This might management review. interpret and of new services include risks present that have that are patient medicines data Medicines quality Undertake Ensure medicinal patients related, improvement to highlight clinical audits of have components medicine issues and risks prescribing in appropriate (e.g. advice on related, or both. to support areas directed monitoring treatment decision- by the GPs, in pathways place when and making. feedback the required. patient results and information implement leaflets). changes in conjunction with the practice
or those in care homes). Signposting Ensure that patients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional for the appropriate level of care within an appropriate period of time e.g. pathology results, common/minor ailments, acute conditions, long term condition reviews etc. Repeat and implement a practice repeat prescribing policy. Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing medicines reaching review dates and flagging up those needing a review. Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring in place when required. Risk stratification Identification of cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines through practice computer searches This might include risks that are patient related, medicine related, or both. Service development Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components (e.g. advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets). Information management Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision- making. Medicines quality improvement Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the practice prepared
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