{"id":292,"date":"2018-06-14T15:18:13","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T14:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dottyabouthosting.com\/clients\/ahsn\/?page_id=292"},"modified":"2023-05-17T18:02:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T17:02:26","slug":"medicines-optimisation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/healthinnovationnenc.org.uk\/what-we-do\/improving-population-health\/medicines-optimisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicines Optimisation"},"content":{"rendered":"
The AHSN NENC Medicines Optimisation programme, which was first launched in 2013, aims to ensure patients get the best from their medicines to improve outcomes.<\/p>\n
The AHSN NENC team engage with networks of local, regional and national Medicines Optimisation professionals including local primary care networks (PCNs), North East Senior Pharmacy Managers Network, NENC CCG Prescribing Forum, Northern Treatment Advisory Group and various advisory groups.<\/p>\n
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Image source: NHS England<\/p>\n
The AHSN is currently engaged in supporting delivery of two national programmes, Polypharmacy: Getting the Balance Right, and the Medicines Safety Programme:<\/p>\n
The Polypharmacy: Getting the Balance Right\u00a0Programme<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0aims to support local systems and primary care to identify patients at potential risk of harm and support better conversations about medicines by promoting shared decision making. One of the core principles of this is population health management.<\/p>\n The Medicines Safety Improvement Programme<\/strong><\/a> (MedSIP) aims to reduce severe avoidable medication related harm by 50% by March 2024 through medicines optimisation and quality improvement.\u00a0 There are two main focus areas in the programme; reduction in inappropriate high dose opiate prescriptions for non-cancer pain and safer administration of medicines in care homes.<\/p>\n Supporting Better Management of Chronic Pain in North East North Cumbria<\/a><\/p>\n To support Primary Care Network (PCN) pharmacy professionals the AHSN has collaborated with Health Education England to develop a PCN Community of Practice<\/strong> (CoP).\u00a0 If you are a pharmacist or pharmacy technician in the NENC and work in a GP practice then you can join our Future NHS Platform and access the CoP by completing this form:(https:\/\/www.smartsurvey.co.uk\/s\/NHSFuturePlatformRegistrationForm\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n NHS North of England Care Systems Support (NECS) have developed a prescribing data e-learning programme in conjunction with the AHSN NENC.\u00a0 It is available to any healthcare professional and will enable users to gain an understanding of how to access and use prescribing data.<\/p>\n Explainer video on the programme<\/a><\/p>\n Access Prescribing Data E learning<\/a><\/p>\n A prescribing data Elearning poster<\/a> recently presented at the Clinical Pharmacy Congress in London. View the full poster zone<\/a>.<\/p>\n In 2022, the AHSN NENC and NHS England Digital First Primary Care commissioned Newcastle University to produce a report on the barriers and opportunities for the use of digital tools in medicines optimisation across the interfaces of care. Following a three month period of research, the final report has been produced and can be downloaded here<\/a>.<\/p>\n This report has also now been published by JMIR Publications\u00a0 view the report.<\/a><\/p>\n Please\u00a0view our events area<\/a>\u00a0for events related to this subject area. Past events will include presentations and recordings where available.<\/p>\n To find out more about the Medicines Optimisation programme please contact Helen Seymour<\/a>, Medicines Optimisation Workstream Lead,\u00a0helen.seymour@healthinnovationnenc.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The AHSN NENC Medicines Optimisation programme, which was first launched in 2013, aims to ensure patients get the best from their medicines to improve outcomes. The AHSN NENC team engage with networks of local, regional and national Medicines Optimisation professionals…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8427,"parent":47,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSupporting primary care<\/h4>\n
Prescribing Data E-learning<\/h4>\n
Report – The Barriers and Opportunities for the Use of Digital Tools in Medicines Optimisation <\/strong><\/h4>\n
Events<\/h4>\n