Sefton Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes

Our team of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians work directly with GP practices, care homes, the local authority, patients and pharmacies to ensure safe and effective medicines optimisation across Sefton for care home residents.

We aim to achieve this by:

• Promoting safe, evidence based, cost effective prescribing

Our medicines management pharmacists complete medication reviews on behalf of Sefton GPs for care home residents. Medication reviews are particularly important for older people due to:

1. being at greater risk of having side effects from medicines
2. age related changes in their major organs, which can alter how medicines work within the body.
3. often having multiple conditions needing more medicines they need to take which often leads to interactions between medicines.

• Supporting homes to comply with CQC Regulations (Regulation 9 - person centred care and regulation 12 – safe care and treatment)

Our medicines management technicians can complete a medicines audit in the home. This audit can be used as evidence to prove compliance with CQC regulations.

• An Information Resource

We can signpost to information sources and support that is available.

• Medicines Management training around safe and secure handling of medicines.

Our team can provide a training session around this. Please contact us regarding this.