Getting the most from medicines for both patients and the NHS is becoming increasingly important as more people are taking more medicines. Medicines prevent, treat or manage many illnesses or ...

NICE's surveillance team checked whether recommendations in the guidelines on medicines adherence (NICE guideline CG76) and medicines optimisation (NICE guideline NG5) remain up to date. The 2019 ...

New good practice guidance for medicines optimisation has been launched today by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS). It is endorsed by NHS England, medical Royal Colleges and the Association of ...

Given the rising cost of medicines as a share of the NHS budget in England, the establishment of ICSs provides a timely opportunity to take stock on delivering medicines optimisation at local level, ...

Petersfield, Hampshire, 01 November 2023, Aspire Pharma Ltd initiated and funded the set-up of a series of round table events to discuss Medicines Optimisation Centricity. These events, facilitated by ...

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published new guidance on how NHS patients in England and Wales can achieve the full benefits of their medicines. NICE, which provides ...

As the NHS looks to achieve dramatic savings over the next few years and become ever more patient-centric, an area of increasing priority is the of using medicines to their maximum ability. This idea ...

Orlando Agrippa on how we can achieve better medicines optimisation and how this will reap rewards for everyone In 2018, 47.6% of hospital spending was on drugs, a higher percentage than ever before ...

Turning a problem and a catchphrase into a meaningful impact on patient experience and patient outcomes is the challenge for Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group’s prescribing team. The recent ...