WINNER:

Northern Devon Healthcare Trust: Medicines Optimisation in Orthopaedic Enhanced Recovery

The pharmacy department of a district general hospital worked with the multidisciplinary team in orthopaedics to reduce variation in medication use among elective hip and knee replacement patients. The project focused on the following points to optimise medication use:

1) Reducing variation in anaesthetic techniques

2) Standardising post-operative analgesia

3) Developing evidence-based post-operative prescribing protocols

4) Providing pre-labelled medication in patient-ready bundles as ward stock to be dispensed to the patient on admission

5) Setting up ‘order sets’ on the electronic discharge summary to speed up medical staff writing of discharge prescriptions.

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Highly commended:

  • Kent Community Health FT: A pilot project - Medicines Optimisation at Transfer of Care for Care Home Residents

Finalists:

  • Hertfordshire Partnership University FT: Introduction of a Specialist Independent Prescribing Pharmacists into Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
  • Hertfordshire Partnership University FT: Medicines Optimisation Clinic
  • Lancashire and South Cumbria FT: Mental Health Pharmacist in a Primary Care Network
  • Medicines and Pharmacy Covid19 Cell Northwest Region: Compassionate Care: Rapid Access to Medicines at Covid19 End of Life
  • NHS England and NHS Improvement: Hospital Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation – Top 10 Medicines
  • Royal Marsden FT: Perioperative Pharmacy Optimisation Pathway

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