By managing prescription-related tasks and patient queries, our pharmacists help to reduce GP workload, prevent medicine wastage, and improve patient safety.

MMS pharmacists can support your practice by:

• Reviewing prescription appropriateness prior to approval and issue
• Identifying and mitigating potential for incorrect use by patients
• Reducing or preventing prescribing errors
• Aligning prescriptions with latest guidelines and local formularies
• Implementing appropriate monitoring tools

Our pharmacists provide comprehensive medication review services to support treatment optimisation for:

• Chronic disease management of long-term conditions, such as diabetes, COPD, hypertension
• Individuals on high-risk medications, including anti-coagulants, opioids, and psychotropics
• Patients on multiple medications
• Those recently discharged from the hospital, ensuring medicines are reconciled and supplied correctly

We ensure patients receive the correct medications during transitions between care settings. This vital service improves patient safety and enhances efficiency through:

• Accuracy in medication histories
• Reducing GP workload
• Improving communication across care settings
• Enhancing patient outcomes and safety
• Ensuring the timely supply of patient medication

Our pharmacists help GP practices achieve CQC compliance by ensuring safe prescribing, conducting medication safety audits, and strengthening governance. We provide support with:

• Medicines management policies and prescribing practices
• Identifying opportunities for medication safety improvement and implementing appropriate safety protocols
• Proactive monitoring of patients on high-risk medication
• Reviewing prescriptions to prevent over-subscribing and adverse drug reactions
• Collaborating with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to establish best practices for high-risk medication management

Pharmacists deliver support for enhanced access by running out-of-hours clinics, which include:

• Chronic disease management clinics for long-term conditions, such as diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease
• Respiratory review clinics, including ACT scoring and therapy optimisation
• Structured Medication Reviews for targeted patient groups, such as those with polypharmacy and high-risk medication