The NHS Discharge Medicines Service (DMS) is a new nationally commissioned essential service that all community pharmacy contractors have to provide. The aim of the service is to improve the communication of changes to a patient’s medication when they leave hospital, to prevent harm from medicines, reduce readmissions and to improve patients outcomes. Trusts (Acute, Mental Health, Community) will identify appropriate patients and refer them to their usual or preferred community pharmacy on discharge with information about medication changes made in hospital.
Community pharmacist have been commissioned to provide a new NHS Discharge Medicine Service, which is being rolled out locally across Tower Hamlets, Newham and Waltham Forest (TNW). A joint working group has been working on the implementation and the service will be rolled out gradually from all Trusts across North East London (NEL) from July 2021.
| Name | Download Link |
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| NEL – Discharge Medicines Service Referral Form | CLICK TO DOWNLOAD |
| NEL Discharge Medicines Service Pathway | CLICK TO DOWNLOAD |
| NEL – Discharge Medicines Service Presentation | CLICK TO DOWNLOAD |
TOWER HAMLETS
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| (TH) Local implementation of the NHS Discharge Medicines Service | CLICK TO DOWNLOAD |