Medicines optimisation looks at the value which medicines deliver, making sure they are both clinically and cost-effective. It is about ensuring people get the right choice of medicines, at the right time, and are engaged in the process by their clinical team.
The goal of medicines optimisation is to help patients to:
- improve their outcomes;
- take their medicines correctly;
- avoid taking unnecessary medicines;
- reduce wastage of medicines;
- improve medicines safety.
Examples of services that are working to Medicines Optimisation are Care Closer to Home models, which include Homecare options and other provisions that utilise outpatient dispensing services and integrated courier options.
The Greater Manchester Hospitals are working collaboratively to explore ways to ensure that all patients have equitable access to this service if it is relevant, and to reduce the clinical and administrative burden on each hospital.