HP14. Producing, using and maintaining records; using information technology

We kept acute clinical pharmacy going while working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic

When a pharmacist at an NHS Lothian hospital needed to shield from COVID-19, a suite of online systems was set up to enable the whole pharmacy team to work from home, if needed.…

How we introduced population health management to our hospital trust

University College London Hospitals Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is using its patients’ data to identify groups with similar characteristics and design new models of proactive care specifically for them.…

Time to change the way medicines are used in care homes, says RPS

‘The Right Medicine — Improving Care in Care Homes’, launched by the RPS, concludes that giving pharmacists overall responsibility for medicines in a care home could reduce the number of medicine-related errors, cut waste and save the NHS millions of pounds. …