UKMi

UK Medicines Information is an NHS pharmacy based service. Its aim is to support the safe, effective and efficient use of medicines by the provision of evidence-based information and advice on their therapeutic use. The service has two broad functions: to support medicines management within NHS organisations to support healthcare professionals opti... mise use of medicines for individual patients Who provides the service? The UKMi service is provided by a network of: 220 local medicines information centres based in the pharmacy departments of most hospital trusts 14 regional centres 1 national centres (Wales). These centres work closely together to provide a 'virtual' national service. You can find your local medicines information centre in the UKMi Directory and the location of the regional centres on the home page. The centres are staffed by pharmacists and technicians with clinical expertise, and particular skills in locating, assessing and interpreting information about medicines. A small number of centres are also supported by life science graduates. What does the service offer? Local and regional medicines information centres provide an enquiry answering service on all aspects of drug therapy. Examples of some of the questions addressed by the service are published as Medicines Q&As. Local centres, largely based in hospitals, support thier organisation's clinical governance, medicines management and patient safety agenda through: the clinical pharmacy service formulary and Drug & Therapeutic/Prescribing Committee work producing guidelines and Patient Group Directions. Regional centres provide strategic support for Clinical Commissioning Groups, Commissioning Support Units and NHS England, and Health Boards in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.Read More