NEWS AUTUMN ROAD SHOWS WILL
HELP DRIVE QUALITY OF CARE The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) in Scotland is collaborating with the Scottish Government, NHS Education Scotland, Healthcare Improvement Scotland, Community Pharmacy Scotland, Yellow Card Centre Scotland and the ALLIANCE to raise awareness of the Rebalancing Medicines Legislation and Pharmacy Regulation (decriminalisation of dispensing errors) and to support the required changes in pharmacy practice.
It is leading on the development of quality road shows across the country to help drive improvement of the quality and safety of care.
‘Our Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, Dr Rose Marie Parr, has quite rightly set out an ambition for Scotland to be the safest country in the world for
patients and clinicians to be using medicines,’ said RPS Director for Scotland, Alex MacKinnon. ‘This is an ambition that is equally shared by the RPS in Scotland and we are pleased to be doing our bit by offering a series of pharmacy quality road shows in the autumn.
‘I welcome the timely quality payment announced today by the Scottish Government, which will facilitate and support the implementation of quality improvement methodology within the community pharmacy network and hope that these two elements together will help support the changes in practice required for meeting our shared ambition.’
Dates and venues have yet to be announced.
INJECTING IN PUBLIC: PARTNERSHIP LOOKS AT SOLUTIONS
A new working group in Glasgow is looking at the health needs of people who inject drugs in public places. The Glasgow City Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP) is setting up a working group to explore the potential of piloting a drug injecting facility and heroin-assisted treatment within the city centre.
Current estimates suggest there is a group of approximately 500 very vulnerable people who inject drugs in public places in Glasgow city centre. The majority are individuals experiencing homelessness, mental health issues, recent imprisonment and poverty.
To address this group’s health needs and to minimise risk to the public, a business case will be compiled for consideration by the ADP in early autumn. If approved, the ADP will make recommendations to Glasgow City Integrated Joint Board (IJB) – the decision-making body of the Glasgow Health
& Social Care Partnership. The business case will consider:
• The introduction of a pilot medically supervised injecting facility
• The extension of existing opioid substitution therapy services to include heroin-assisted treatment
• The development of a peer support network for harm reduction
The business case will need to set out the various negotiations that would need to take place to allow a pilot to be developed.
For the full report and summary, visit:
www.nhsggc.org.uk/ healthneedsofdruginjectors
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Produced June 2016 | Revision date June 2018
NEW MEDICINES FACTSHEET AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
Medicines in Scotland: What’s the right treatment for you? Information for patients and the public
Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) has published a new medicines factsheet designed for patients and the general public.
‘Medicines in Scotland: What’s the right treatment for you? Information for patients and the public’, looks at many aspects of medicines from the patient’s perspective and considers these in a question and answer format. The aim of the factsheet is to educate the public about issues relating to both the benefits and risks of taking medicines, with a view to improving patient outcomes.
The factsheet was developed by the Area Drug and Therapeutics Collaborative (ADTC), who worked with healthcare professionals, public partners, public involvement groups and patient and carer support groups across NHSScotland in response to a recommendation of the Health and Sport Committee Inquiry 2013
seeking more open and transparent information for patients and the public on decision making on medicines.
Among questions asked within the factsheet are:
* I have an appointment with a healthcare professional to discuss a problem. How will they decide if a medicine is needed for me?
* What is a formulary?
* I think I’m experiencing side effects from my medicines. What should I do?
The medicines factsheet, which replaces the 2010 Health Rights Information Scotland (HRIS) leaflet, New Medicines in Scotland – who decides what the NHS can provide, can be downloaded from
www.healthimprovementscotland.org
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