Clinical Prescribing Services
About Us
Clinical Prescribing services offer a range of services managed by Advanced Prescribing Clinical aiming at improving quality as well as delivering cost saving initiatives for the GP Practice.
Key Areas of Service
- Telephone triage of ‘on the day’ appointments
- Providing Face-2-Face appointments
- Medication Optimisation QIPP / Cost saving initiatives (de-prescribing, effective medication
management adherence and prescription switching) - Local enhanced CCG lead incentivised schemes.
- QOF Targets
Telephone Triage
Telephone triaging on the day which includes
- Missing Medication
- Preparation/Issuing MED3’s after a Patient consultation
- Contraceptive reviews
- Medication reviews (including annual, ad hoc reviews like Depression medication)
- Acute Medication requests
Face 2 Face Appointments
Providing face-2-face appointment for
- Minor Aliments clinics
Chronic disease management clinics - Medication Reviews in the following areas:
- Polypharmacy Clinics – STOPP (screening tool for older people’s potentially inappropriate prescriptions)/START (screening tool to alert doctors to right/appropriate treatments) identified patients
Face 2 Face Appointments
Medication Optimisation
Providing cost saving initiatives such as de-prescribing, effective medication management adherence and prescription switching.
- Actioning clinical letters
- Repeat Reauthorisation
- Care/nursing homes medication querie
- Chronic Disease Reviews/Management