Medication review

Structured medication reviews increase in primary care despite end of financial incentive 

Exclusive: Analysis of NHS England data show there was a 15% increase in structured medication reviews in the 2023/2024 financial year up to February 2024, compared with the year before.…

Learning and CPD: 2023 in review

Here, we look back on some of the highlights from research and learning content published in 2023 by The Pharmaceutical Journal and celebrate the valuable contributions made by our expert authors and reviewers.…

Our journey to digitally transform the discharge medicines review service

Efi Mantzourani shares how she and her team across Wales overhauled a paper-based discharge medicine review service in favour of a digital offering used by nearly every pharmacy in the country.…

How pharmacist-led medication reviews reduced polypharmacy for patients on a virtual ward

By initiating medication reviews for frail patients taking ten or more medicines, Aziza Qureshi's team at North East London NHS Foundation Trust has saved money and improved the overall quality of life for many patients.…

Person-centred structured medication reviews: the care home perspective

Primary care pharmacist Rachel Lewis shares her research into achieving person-centred care when reviewing care home residents' medication.…

How to conduct a clinical review of a patient’s medicines

Best practice principles and practical advice for structuring medication reviews and approaching conversations with patients.…

NHS England to remove financial incentives for structured medication reviews in 2023/2024

Incentives to switch patients to environmentally friendly inhalers and to prescribe more patients with edoxaban will also be scrapped.…

PJ view: Pharmacists must be allowed more time for structured medication reviews

Without enough time dedicated to structured medication reviews, pharmacists are unable to carry out vital work leading to patient care being compromised.…

NHS lead to investigate pharmacists being given just ten minutes for medication reviews

Pharmacists say that quantity is being favoured over quality after primary care networks were offered financial incentives of around £16,400 to review high-risk patients.…

Pharmacist medication reviews not putting patient outcomes first, claim researchers

A series of interviews with pharmacists revealed that structured medication reviews were not being treated as a priority and corporate incentives were being put before patient outcomes.…