Medicines Optimisation Bulletin

The most recent Medicines Optimisation Bulletin for our local system contains messages relevant to act as a suitable reminder to community pharmacy on the following topics:

1. Ensure that all pharmacies have a supply of steroid cards (available from the PCSE portal) to provide to any patient who has lost or misplaced their original.
2. It is always worth repeating the advice about medication and how to use it at the point of supply – share the patient story about Fentanyl patches and how badly wrong things can go.

The Bulletin topics are:

1. Guidance on issuing the new Steroid Emergency Cards
2. Hay fever: continue to promote self-care
3. University Hospitals Southampton (UHS) allergy advice and guidance for COVID-19 vaccination
4. Fentanyl patches -Shared learning

• Medicines Optimisation Bulletin no.42