A new project called Transfer of Care around Medicines (TCAM) involves the e-referral of patients to their local community pharmacy on discharge from hospital for continuing support to take their medicines as prescribed. The project is soon to go live in some areas across the West Midlands. What TCAM does:
Community pharmacy and hospital pharmacy colleagues in the Black Country and West Birmingham STP have been working together with West Midlands AHSN to try and improve care for recently discharged patients where it is thought there would be potential benefit of a further intervention. Medicines Support (Hospital to Home) will be a new service which aims to ensure patients receive appropriate support from their community pharmacist soon after leaving hospital by using PharmOutcomes to pass messages securely to and from the hospital and community pharmacy. Hospital pharmacists will use PharmOutcomes to refer patients nearing discharge to the patients chosen local community pharmacy. Patient information will be sent electronically to the community pharmacy. A member of the community pharmacy team will then contact the patient (ideally within 3 days) to arrange for them to come in for a consultation. For further information and an update of TCAM in your area, please contact: Dr Emma Suggett Medicines Optimisation Lead WMAHSN emma.suggett@wmahsn.org |