Medicines reconciliation

Adrenal insufficiency: pathophysiology, diagnosis and management

Patients with adrenal insufficiency are at risk of life-threatening adrenal crises. It is vital that pharmacists know how to treat this rare condition appropriately.…

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.…

How to perform accurate medicines reconciliation

Medicines reconciliation in practice and some pitfalls to avoid.…

The future is giving patients control over their own medication records

The patient is the only person present at every stage of their treatment as they move between different healthcare settings, meaning that patient-held information could plug holes in our records and contribute to medicines safety.…

Medicines reconciliation to be an essential service from 2020/2021, says NHS England

Medicines reconciliation could be made an essential service in 2020/2021, following negotiations over the community pharmacy contract, an NHS England official has revealed.…

SCR access cuts medicines reconciliation time by nearly ten minutes per patient, study finds

Hospital pharmacists can save almost ten minutes per patient and identify more discrepancies when reconciling medication if they have access to the summary care record, according to research published in the Journal of Pharmacy Management.…

Pharmacists must work with others to roll back polypharmacy culture

The new English Desprescribing Network will bring together healthcare professionals and researchers to stamp out medicine-related harm.…

Patient information on hospital discharge medicines review does not improve uptake, study finds

A hospital pharmacy initiative to provide information and advice to patients about its discharge medicines use review (dMUR) service had minimal impact on encouraging uptake, study results have revealed.…

More than a fifth of housebound patients referred to GP following domiciliary MURs

Around a fifth (21.6%) of housebound patients were referred to their GP after pharmacists carried out domiciliary medicines use reviews, a study has found.…

Pharmacists can resolve problems for patients when undertaking medicines reconciliation

Study results show that medicines reconciliation provided by pharmacists can cut medicine discrepancies and may be linked with reductions in length of hospital stay.…