POLYPHARMACY RESOURCE LINKS

1. NHS England East and South East Specialist Pharmacy Services

http://www.medicinesresources.nhs.uk/en/Communities/NHS/SPS-E-and-SE-England/

a) Patient Centred Approach to Polypharmacy (summary formerly seven steps)_July 2015 Vs 2 (NB) (LO) (KS) http://wessexahsn.org.uk/img/projects/Patient%20Centred%20Approach%20to%20Polypharmacy%20(summary%20formerly%20seven%20steps)_July%202015%20Vs%202%20(NB)%20(LO)%20(KS).pdf

b) http://wessexahsn.org.uk/img/projects/Polypharmacy%20resource-updated%20July %202015%20V12%20(NB)%20(LO)%20(KS).pdf

2. Scottish Resources

a) Scottish Government Model of Care Polypharmacy Working Group. Polypharmacy Guidance (2nd edition). March 2015. Scottish Government http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/publications/DC20150415polypharmacy.pdf

b) Polypharmacy: Guidance for Prescribing In Frail Adults June 2013 id1214http://www.nhshighland.scot.nhs.uk/Publications/Pages/PolypharmacyGuidanceforPrescribinginFrailAdults.aspx

c) NHS Cumbria Medicines Management Team February 2013 Stopp Start Toolkit Supporting Medication Review http://www.cumbria.nhs.uk/ProfessionalZone/MedicinesManagement/Guidelines/StopstartToolkit2011.pdf

d) NHS Cumbria Clinical Medication Review A Practice Guide February 2013http://www.cumbria.nhs.uk/ProfessionalZone/MedicinesManagement/Guidelines/MedicationReview-PracticeGuide2011.pdf

3. NICE

Medicines Optimisation: the safe and effective use of medicines to enable the best possible outcomes, March 2015 (http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng5/resources/medicines-optimisation-the-safe-and-effective-use-of-medicines-to-enable-the-best-possible-outcomes-51041805253)

NICE, Medicines optimisation overview pathways, 2015 http://pathways.nice.org.uk/pathways/medicines-optimisation

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http://pathways.nice.org.uk/pathways/medicines-optimisation#path=view%3A/pathways/ medicines-optimisation/medicines-optimisation-overview.xml&content=view-index

4. Pharmacy VoiceDispensing Health in Later Life Pharmacy Voice published November 02 2015

http://www.dispensinghealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Dispensing-Health-In-Later-Life-ONLINE-FINAL-REPORT-30-10-15.pdf

5.Royal Pharmaceutical Society

a)Pharmacists improving care in care homes. September 2014 https://www.rpharms.com/making-a-difference/projects-and-campaigns/pharmacists-improving-care-in-care-homes

b)Pharmacists and GP surgeries. September 2014 https://www.rpharms.com/Portals/0/RPS%20document%20library/Open%20access/Policy%20statements/pharmacists-and-gp-surgeries.pdf

6. The Kings Fund

Polypharmacy and medicines optimisation: Making it safe and sound 2013http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/polypharmacy-and-medicines-optimisation

7. Various Guidance

a) NHS Lanarkshire Care Homes Protocol Group Prescribing and Polypharmacy Guidelines 09 February 2012http://www.nhslanarkshire.org.uk/Services/CareHomeLiaison/Pages/Care-Home-Guidelines.aspx

b) All Wales Medicines Strategy Group. Polypharmacy: Guidance for Prescribing Supplementary Guidance – BNF Sections to Target July 2014

http://www.awmsg.org/docs/awmsg/medman/Polypharmacy%20Supplementary%20Guidance%20-%20BNF%20Sections%20to%20Target.pdf

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c) All Wales Medicines Strategy Group. Polypharmacy: Guidance for Prescribing. July 2014http://www.awmsg.org/docs/awmsg/medman/Polypharmacy%20-%20Guidance%20for%20Prescribing.pdf

8. Academic publications

2013 Alldred DP, Raynor DK, Hughes C, et al Interventions to optimise prescribing for older people in care homes (Review) 15 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD009095.pub2/epdf

2015 Morrison C, MacRae, Y Promoting Safer Use of High-Risk Pharmacotherapy: Impact of Pharmacist-Led Targeted Medication Reviews, Drugs- Real World Outcomes September 2015, Volume 2, Issue 3, pp 261-271 DOI 10.1007/s40801-015-0031-8 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs40801-015-0031-8#/page-1

9. Videos:

Health Foundation Pills November 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f0u2c9-Dp0

How medication reviews help patients like Doris NHS Leeds West CCG

https://youtu.be/mjTFP7bIZ2o

Choosing your antacids wisely: Choose Wisely Australia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5KispXZ9PU&sns=em

10. Tools:Beers Criteria (Medication List). Potentially Inappropriate Medications for the ElderlyAccording to the Revised Beers Criteria (2012)

https://www.dcri.org/trial-participation/the-beers-list/

Stopp Start Criteria: https://www.networks.nhs.uk/nhs-networks/nhs-cumbria-ccg/medicines-management/guidelines-and-other-publications/Stop%20start%20pdf%20final%20Feb%202013%20version.pdf

Seven Steps: see SPS section above

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