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Commissioning for Integrated Medicines Management programme (CIMM)

The medicines management team are currently working with 20 trusts participating in the CIMM - an exciting new programme designed to improve prescribing and medicines management outcomes through effective commissioning. If you would like to know more about this programme have a look at the CIMM area of the web site.

Medicines Reconciliation

The NPC has worked with NHS trusts for a number of years to improve communication of medicines information across healthcare interfaces. In February 2008, following the publication of a patient safety solution for medicines reconciliation on adult admission to hospital by the NPSA and NICE, the NPC launched its own guide to the implementation of medicines reconciliation. The guide will help you to understand the importance of obtaining accurate and timely information about patients' medicines, and the part that each of us has to play in ensuring that every patient receives a personalised service as far as their medicines are concerned. This guide together with other NPC resources relating to medicines reconciliation can be viewed on the NPCi Reconciliation floor.

Medication Review

Prescribed medicines are the main intervention for the prevention and treatment of ill-health provided by the NHS. It is important that medicines are prescribed appropriately for patients and that they continue to get the most from medicines after they are prescribed. The review of medicines forms a key part of this prescribing process. (A guide to medication review 2008, National Prescribing Centre)

Personalising Medicines Management

Medicines management is about enabling patients to make the best possible use of medicines, it needs to be in place for each patient. The principles of good medicines management should apply in all settings where patients access and use medicines, and it should travel along patient pathways across all care interfaces.The NPC recently published a guide about the design and delivery of medicines management services. It is written for commissioners and providers as a tool to support improvement and personilisation of services.

NPCi

NPCi is the NPC's online learning resource designed specifically for busy health care professionals and managers. The content covers prescribing, therapeutics & medicines management. The NPC are constantly working to try to ensure the resources contained within the floors of NPCi are as current and relevant to the NHS as possible. If you wish to find out more about the areas of work the medicines management team covers (see floors under 'medicines management on NPCi) or are interested in finding out more about a specific topic then visit www.npci.org.uk.