Jen Flatman, medicines safety and governance pharmacist and former RCP medicines safety clinical fellow, discusses the development of a resource to support people to continue to use their medicines safely once they leave hospital.
We produced a two-page medicines safety checklist for patients and carers, to help bridge the transition between hospital and the next destination. To create the checklist, we needed to answer one crucial question: 'What do patients and carers need to know about their medicines when they leave hospital?' The points on the checklist are designed to act as a prompt, to ensure individuals are aware of key information to continue to use their medicines safely. They also act as a reminder to the reader to ask questions if they don’t know the answers.
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Medicines safety and governance pharmacist and former RCP medicines safety clinical fellow.
Editor-in-Chief of Medical Care - Driving Change and respiratory consultant.
