Pharmacy and Medicines Support to Care Homes: Urgent System-Wide Delivery Model
The Special Pharmacy Service (SPS), an entity within NHS England, has announced a model for pharmacist to provide medicines support to patients in care homes. It proposed, in a letter dated 1st May 2020, “This model should be established as soon as possible, and within a fortnight at the latest in order to support residents as quickly as possible.” The SPS also proposed that pharmacists who may recently have enrolled on a CPPE course may carry out structured medication reviews for “some residents” in light of the COVID-19 emergency.
You can read more about the SPS model proposal for structured medicine reviews here.
You can view the letter sent to GPs, PCNs and others regarding this service which had to be implemented within a fortnight here.
We will publish a more detailed assessment of this model shortly. |