Services Database COPD MUR+
Service ID
44897
Description
This ‘COPD Pharmacist Consultation Toolkit’ is designed to help improve the confidence of the community pharmacist to provide high quality consultations for patients using medicines for COPD: COPD patient pharmacist consultations can help to:
- establish the patient’s actual use, understanding and experience of taking medicines;
- identify, discuss and assist in the resolution of poor or ineffective use of medicines by the patient;
- identify side effects and drug interactions that may affect the patient’s compliance with instructions given to them by a health care professional for the taking of medicines; and
- improve clinical and cost effectiveness of medicines prescribed to patients.
This is not a commissioned service.
Location of service
Devon LPC
Commissioner
Not a commissioned service
Method of commissioning
Source of funding
Service type
Medicines optimisation (including MUR-related services)
Other organisations involved
Dates
Start date:
End date:
Status
Completed
Training
Not applicable.
