Working with hospital colleagues
Working with hospital colleagues
Effective team working between community pharmacists and their hospital colleagues should enhance patient care. This page contains guidance and resources on matters of common interest for both sectors of the profession.
Transfer of Care
In 2005 PSNC worked with other pharmacy organisations to develop guidance and resources on discharge and transfer planning:
Moving Patients, Moving Medicines, Moving Safely – Guidance
Moving Patients, Moving Medicines, Moving Safely – Workbook
State of readiness self-assessment template
MURs and NMS
Guidance was published in January 2012 highlighting how the New Medicine Service (NMS) and post-discharge MURs can be used to provide a seamless care pathway for patients who transfer from hospital to the community setting.
The guidance was developed and published by NHS Employers and PSNC working with a hospital and community pharmacy reference group. The guidance has been endorsed by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
Guidance for community pharmacy about engaging with hospital colleagues
Guidance for hospital colleagues about engaging with community pharmacy
Template national referral form
Template patient information leaflet
PowerPoint presentation for LPCs to use when discussing NMS/MUR with hospital colleagues
NHS Employers has produced a video about medicines reconciliation which follows the medicines pathway from a patient’s point of view, demonstrating that both hospital and community pharmacists can work together to improve patients’ understanding of their medicines:
NHS Employers video on medicines reconciliation
The following video shows an example of an MUR and may provide useful insight for hospital colleagues who are not familiar with the service:
Advanced services (general)
PSNC Advanced Services PowerPoint presentation for GPs and hospital colleagues (August 2017)
PSNC Advanced Services PowerPoint presentation for GPs and hospital colleagues (August 2017) (PDF)
