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Of patients with 2 clinical conditions, Medicine waste in Scotland is estimated to be £44 Million per year1 ALMOST 1/3 of patients are


NON-ADHERENT 10 days after starting a medicine2


10 DAYS As medicines experts


HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS have a prominent role


to play in delivering pharmaceutical care


Are you getting the best from your medicines?


Scratch off the answers that apply to you


1. I sometimes forget to take my medicines


2. I have concerns about taking my medicines


3. I don’t know


whether my medicines are working


4. I fi nd it hard to


remember how to take my medicines


5. I would like


more information about my medicines


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Now hand this card to a member of the pharmacy team to fi nd out how to get the best out of your medicines! UK/PHP/14/0054


Date of preparation: September 2014


If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. This includes any possible side effects not listed in the package leafl et. You can also report side effects directly via the Yellow Card Scheme at www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard


Pick up a scratch card from your pharmacy team to fi nd out today.


2 million people, 40% of the Scottish


population, have at least one long-term condition4


20.8% were receiving 4 – 9 medications3


Please note this is an artistic impression and is not a scaled representation of buildings or medicines Customers complete the


SCRATCH CARD which is also available as a WEB APP and together you interpret the responses


Each year unused and untaken medicines cost the NHS approximately £20 million in Wales and £300 million in England*1 This material has been developed by Pfi zer Ltd.


Developed in consultation with: Supported by:


UK/PHP/14/0056 Date of preparation: September 2014


* Estimate based on 6.8% of £300 million (cost of unused and untaken medicines in England1 1


) to refl ect the Welsh population


Evaluation of the Scale, Causes and Costs of Waste Medicines Final report, YHEC/School of Pharmacy University of London, November 2010. http://php.york.ac.uk/inst/yhec/web/news/documents/Evaluation_of_NHS_Medicines_Waste_Nov_2010.pdf


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50.9 million items were dispensed in total in the fi rst six


In Scotland months of 2015/165


Pharmaceutical care can help


ENCOURAGE PATIENTS to take ownership of their treatment2


Healthcare professionals can discuss results, off er advice and highlight services such as the


CHRONIC MEDICATION SERVICE (CMS)


Chronic Medication Service Scratch Card Campaign You may fi nd the poster and scratch card useful for your pharmacy when implementing the Chronic Medication Service. You can order these resources at accesspfi zer.co.uk


References:


1. BMA (2011). Available at www.bma.org.uk/about-the-bma/how-we-work/professional-activities-and-special-interest/patient-liaison- group/dispensed-but-unopened-medications Last accessed January 2016.


2. Royal Pharmaceutical Society (2013). Available at www.rpharms.com/promoting-pharmacy-pdfs/helping-patients-make-the-most-of- their-medicines.pdf Last accessed March 2015.


3. PubMed (2014). Available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24487416 Last accessed January 2016. 4. The Scottish Government (2015). Available at www.gov.scot/Topics/Health/Services/Long-Term-Conditions Last accessed January 2016.


5. IDS Scotland (2016). Available at www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Prescribing-and-Medicines/Publications/2015-12-15/2015-12-15- Prescribing-Remuneration-Summary.pdf?97930544615 Last accessed January 2016.


UK/PHP/15/0031c Date of preparation: January 2016


Are you getting


the best from your medicines? Remembering why, when and how to take your medicines can be confusing and as a result, many people find a way of using their medicines that may be different from the instructions or from what their doctor or pharmacist has said.


This scratch card has been developed by Pfizer Ltd.


SCRATCH CARD ON REVERSE


Please note this is an artistic impression and is not a scaled representation of buildings or medicines


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