Getting the most from medicines for both patients and the NHS is becoming increasingly important as more people are taking more medicines. Medicines prevent, treat or manage many illnesses or conditions and are the most common intervention in healthcare. The safe use of medicines is the responsibility of all professionals, healthcare organisations and patients. Safety covers all aspects of medicines usage, including unwanted effects, interactions, safe processes and systems, and effective communication between professionals.
The Safer Medicines programme aims to identify innovative ways to improve medicines optimisation in collaboration with patients and professionals from across the health and care system. Successful projects will be scaled up across Salford, allowing residents to access an improved standard of medicines care.
Leading Integrated Teams Programme
In 2019, a number of the Medicines Optimisation Team from across the Salford system began the Leading Integrated Teams programme, offered by Aqua in collaboration with Aspire, PACE and Affina OD.
The project aims to build a network of professionals that supports medicine optimisation across a number of organisations in the Salford System to: