by Dorothée van Hooff | Mar 7, 2017 | Events, News Release
On Tuesday 9 May 2017, Pharmacy Management and UKCPA are going back to Manchester with the second annual conference on Diabetes Medicines Optimisation which has been created by the two organisations.
The Learning Zone will be available for anyone who wishes to present their work in the form of a Poster. In order to do so, please email Jenny Thompson in the first instance to register your interest and receive a pack – jenny.thompson@pharman.co.uk
Booking for delegate places at the website booking page is open with the agenda/Satellite Sessions and registration procedure.
Take the opportunity to review the excellent number of Satellite Sessions and book a place: https://www.pharman.co.uk/events/2017/5/jomo-ukcpa-national-meeting-diabetes
Those satellite presenters who presented in 2016 have been asked to update their presentations and new topics have been incorporated in the light of feedback received. Satellites for this Event:
- Managing Diabetes in the Community – Considerations in older people
- Managing type 1 diabetes in Hospital
- Keeping patients safe: Human factors and a Safety Culture (with practical examples)
- The General Practice Pharmacist – Potential for Diabetes Medicines Optimisation in the Role
- Diabetes and Renal Disease
- The Changing Landscape and the Increased Focus on the Physical Health of the Mental Health Patient (with emphasis on Diabetes)
- Does Motivational Interviewing have a Role in Diabetes?
- How does NICE drive practice in type 2 diabetes?
- Diabetes in the Elderly
- Insulin Safety
- How to Become a System Leader in Diabetes Care
- The Practice Pharmacist’s Contribution to Diabetes Care – The View from the AHSN
- How to Develop Specialist Clinical Pharmacists
- Management of Diabetic Emergencies
- What’s the Risk – Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Diabetes?
For further information, please contact: Katie Fraser, Senior Executive Assistant Pharmacy Management, Katie.fraser@pharman.co.uk, tel: 01747 829501
JoMO-UKCPA National Meeting: Medicines Optimisation in Diabetes. Location: 9 May 2017, Midland Hotel, Manchester.
by Dorothée van Hooff | Mar 2, 2017 | Publications:
Medicines are the most common medical interventions within our population and, at any one time, 70% of the population is taking prescribed and over-the-counter medicines to treat or prevent ill-health. In simple financial terms, expenditure on medicines in Health and Social Care (HSC) in Northern Ireland is of the order of £ 550 million per annum. In addition, there is significant sub-optimal use of medicines resulting in sub-standard patient care and waste of healthcare resources. In order to address these issues a new approach is needed that moves the emphasis away from a system and service focus to a patient-focused medicines optimization (MO) methodology. To this end the Department of Health launched its policy document: the Medicines Optimisation Quality Framework (MOQF).
The MOQF has three strands: namely a regional MO model, quality standards, and a regional innovation plan. A key component of the policy was the establishment of a regional Medicines Optimisation Innovation Centre (MOIC). The MOIC will provide a focus for delivering a systematic approach to finding and resting solutions for the HSC in Northern Ireland.
In order to achieve its key aim of ‘smarter medicines, better outcomes’ the MOIC utilises the ‘quadruple helix’ approach as identified in the European Innovation Partnership in Active and Healthy Ageing, namely involvement of civil society, academia, healthcare and industry. This approach enables comprehensive inclusive solutions to be developed that meet the need of the population but with robust academic input as well as industry in the broadest sense in this regard.
Medicines Optimisation Innovation Centre (MOIC), authors: Michael Scott & Glenda Fleming. In: Journal of Medicines Optimisation (JoMO), Volume 3, Issue 1, March 2017
MOIC in Journal of Medicines Optimisation March 2017
by Dorothée van Hooff | Mar 2, 2017 | Events, mo_projects, News Release
At the 18th Northern Ireland Healthcare Awards the award for Hospital Pharmacy Team of the Year was won by Dr Ruth Miller and The Medicines Optimisation in Older People Team. A collaborative working partnership between pharmacy teams in the Western Trust and Northern Trust has been recognised recently for excellent practice in older people’s medicine. The teams shared the honours in the Hospital Pharmacy Team Of The Year award category at the Northern Ireland Healthcare Awards, held at the Europa Hotel, Belfast. The annual event is dedicated to celebrating those whose exceptional expertise and contribution to their profession have transformed the provision of healthcare for the better.
Innovative service
Since September 2015 the Western Trust and Northern Trust’s Medicines Optimisation in Older People Pharmacy Teams have worked together, refining and changing new consultant pharmacist led models of pharmaceutical care for patients living in care homes and admitted to community hospitals. The teams embraced the need to implement the new service and evaluate them as it would change the shape of how older people’s medicines management would be delivered across Northern Ireland. Based on their positive outcomes for patients, the Department of Health in Northern Ireland is now providing permanent funding for this new, innovative service to be replicated across all five trusts.
Anne Friel, Regional lead for Medicines Optimisation in Older People said:
“This is a great acknowledgement of the teams’ hard work and dedication; not many can say that they have made such an impact on pharmaceutical care across an entire region”
Project Manager Dr Ruth Miller, who led the entry, noted how inspirational the team had been as they worked with other healthcare professionals to deliver a very high quality clinical pharmacy service to their patients.
Team members, Sabrina Parkhill, Rory McSorley, Nuala McGeough, Helen Graham, James Nicholl and Niamh McLister (older people specialist case management pharmacists) have expressed their delight at receiving this award saying: “The role provides immense job satisfaction. Older people can take many medicines for more than one medical condition; medicines optimisation is patient centred and ensures patients are taking the most appropriate medicines at the right time and in the right way.”
18th Northern Ireland Healthcare Awards, 23 February 2017, the Europa Hotel, Belfast
Winners of 18th Northern Ireland Healthcare Awards Revealed – 18th NIHA Press Release
Hospital Pharmacy Team of the Year: Dr Ruth Miller & the Medicine’s Optimisation in Older People Team – WHSCT & NHSCT
by Dorothée van Hooff | Mar 2, 2017 | News Release
Dr Frans van Andel, Lead in Internationalisation MOIC, met with a delegation of hospitals in Tbilisi on March 1st. Georgia is the only country in the former Soviet Union, which has fully privatised its healthcare delivery system. The organisation of pharmaceutical services poses new challenges for both Medison as well as GEO, as these services need to be set up in a more professional and service oriented manner. Accountability is a major issue.
Dr Van Andel introduced capabilities of the MOIC in general and the clinical procurement system STEPSelect during the meeting. Both healthcare providers agreed that the STEPSelect system could be a major innovative asset and they acknowledged that introducing the system would actually greatly improve the involvement of clinicians in the selection process of medicines. Collaborative projects were discussed and these will be outlined in more detail in the coming period.
From left to right: Mr Nick Urushadze, Director of Resources Medison Clinics, Dr Tengiz Tsuladze, Head of Clinical Services both of GEO Hospitals, and Dr Sophie Gasitashvili, CEO.
by Dorothée van Hooff | Feb 23, 2017 | News Release
In the context of EIP AHA a twinning visit from a delegation from the North West Coast of England took place 20-21 February 2017. After a presentation of the MOIC mission and the status of Medicines Optimisation in Northern Ireland the delegation was introduced to a series of topics:
- STEPSelect – Wound Management
- Medicines Reconciliation on admission
- Antimicrobial stewardship and technology
- Follow-up post-discharge project
- GP case management project
- Nursing Home project
- Medicines Reconciliation at discharge and transfer of information to GP
- Intermediate care/respiratory outreach
- Medicines administration by care assistants / intermediate care
The meeting resulted in discussing the opportunities for further collaboration.
Caption picture, back row, left to right: Ruth Miller, Project Manager Medicines Optimisation in Older People at WHSCT & NHSCT; Andrew Durkin, Commissioning and Contract Manager (Lead for care homes), Liverpool City Council; Andrew Cairns, Innovation agency, Lead for Medicines; Adrian Quinn, Commissioning Manager, Wirral Council; Linden Ashfield, Lead for Hosting and Knowledge Transfer, MOIC; Anita Hogg, Lead for Pharmaceutical Clinical Effectiveness, MOIC.
Front row, left to right: Jonny Keville, Divisional Manager Older Peoples services, Liverpool City Council; Williams, Commissioning and Contract Manager (Lead on Innovation Network), Liverpool City Council; Michael Scott, Director MOIC.
Left to right: Ruth Miller, Project Manager Medicines Optimisation in Older People at WHSCT & NHSCT; Andrew Durkin, Commissioning and Contract Manager (Lead for care homes), Liverpool City Council; Jonny Keville, Divisional Manager Older Peoples services, Liverpool City Council; Adrian Quinn, Commissioning Manager, Wirral Council; Andrew Cairns, Innovation agency, Lead for Medicines; Linden Ashfield, Lead for Hosting and Knowledge Transfer, MOIC; Michael Scott, Director MOIC; Ann Williams, Commissioning and Contract Manager (Lead on Innovation Network), Liverpool City Council.
