Polypharmacy - what next? Planning for Wessex

We know that people who take multiple medicines are at greater risk of side effects and adverse events, such as falls, functional or cognitive impairment, and admission to hospital. This is particularly prevalent as we age and become more frail.  

Wessex AHSN has been working with the NHS Business Services Authority and NHS Digital to develop Polypharmacy Comparators. These will enable the identification of patients prescribed multiple medications who may be at risk of harm as a result, and who would benefit from medicines review. 

We are holding a workshop on 30th March 2017 to demonstrate the comparators and to support your development of local plans to address polypharmacy. We will look at what the data shows for Wessex, hear patients’ perspectives and identify the areas to focus on.

If you are working in the frailty, older people's, long term conditions fields this workshop will allow you to actively contribute to the development of plans to address polypharmacy in Wessex.

Click here to book your place at the workshop.