Adherence compliance and concordance

Patient safety improvement and medicines waste targeted by repeat prescribing toolkit

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society says the new resource is the first national good practice guidance on repeat prescribing published in 20 years.…

Pharmacy’s potential has not yet been fully recognised

I am writing to express my appreciation for the article entitled 'How pharmacists can encourage patient adherence to medicines' (The Pharmaceutical Journal online, 18 August 2018). As a practising pharmacist, I fully agree with the sentiments expressed in the article that pharmacists play a crit…

Survey reveals 85% of hospital trusts report problems with medication compliance aids

The questionnaire was distributed by the NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service to chief pharmacists at every acute trust in England.…

Patients’ perspectives on polypharmacy are highly personal, systematic review concludes

Healthcare professionals should actively seek to understand individual patients’ perspectives on polypharmacy and its challenges, research in BMJ Open has concluded.…

Evaluation of the impact of pharmacist polypharmacy reviews within the Govan Social and Healthcare Integration Partnership (SHIP) project

Providing pharmacist-led medicines reviews to patients in one of the most deprived areas in Scotland to reduce the health inequality gap.…

Providing medicines adherence support to areas of high deprivation in England: community pharmacists’ experience

Semi-structured interviews assessing pharmacists’ experiences of providing interventions, products and services that support medicines adherence.…

Developing a co-produced e-learning programme to support marginalised medically underserved patients

There have been recent calls for the NHS to pursue a value-based healthcare system, one that is “equitable, sustainable and transparent”[1] . However, promoting a culture based on the values of patient-centred care can be challenging. One notable example in pharmacy was the conc…

Alexa’s medicine reminders can be ‘distressing’ for dementia patients

Patients with dementia can be “deeply distressed” to receive medication reminders from Alexa-type devices, according to technology thinktank Doteveryone.…

Use of multicompartment compliance aids in the community is ‘excessive’, says NHS Wales

The use of multicompartment compliance aids in the community is “excessive” and an “ingrained area of practice” that needs to be challenged, guidance from NHS Wales is expected to warn. …