The Catalan delegation visited MOIC on 28th and 29th April under the EIP Reference site twinning scheme. The two-day programme included presentations on the technology solutions LAMPs, Writemed and EPICs, presentations on projects, including GP practice case management, nursing home/intermediate care, and medicines management clinics, in addition to discussions on STEPSelect and tours of the pharmacy department and cardiology ward.
On April 4 representatives of MOIC will visit Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, the university hospital in Barcelona. Glenda Fleming, Claire Scullin, Carmel Darcy, and Linden Ashfield will meet with pharmacy and medicine representatives from Catalonia and Uppsala.
This site visit stems from the work of Project SIMPATHY (Stimulating Innovation Management of Polypharmacy and Adherence in The Elderly), a consortium of ten partners in eight European Union countries aimed at stimulating improving how medicines are managed in older patients. Catalonia will present its SIMPATHY research programme ‘Innovations in Polypharmacy’.
Catalan Case Study Polypharmacy Programme
Professor Michael Scott visited Oslo and Tromsø 19-25 March 2017 to highlight the Medicines Optimisation unit in Northern Ireland and to discuss collaborations in the whole area of Medicines Optimisation. Professor Scott met with Beate Garcia, Associate Professor Department of Pharmacy, University of Tromsø (Faculty of Health Science Arctic University of Norway), and Professor Anne Gerd Granås, Norwegian PhD School of Pharmacy Oslo.
At the University of Tromsø Profesor Michael Scott gave a seminar on Medicines Optimisation, focused on how, why and when medication safety in hospital is jeopardised, and how this influences patientcare and use of resources in the healthcare services. The Norwegian PhD School of Pharmacy and the Sykehusapotekene HF invited Professor Scott for a series of seminars on medication reviews. At the Oslo University Hospital (Ullevål), and Østfold Hospital (Kalnes) audiences attended the lectures by Professor Scott: ‘From Medicines Management to Medicines Optimisation’, and ‘Medicines Optimisation and clinical pharmacy staff’.
Delia Fernández-Redondo and Emma Bartolomé García (both resident pharmacists, Madrid) visiting NHSCT as part of the International Centres of Excellence in Hospital Pharmacy programme, an initiative developed by the Spanish Society of Hospital Pharmacy (SEFH). Pictured with Linden Ashfield (left) and Professor Michael Scott.
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:
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.
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.
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:
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