1. Medicines Optimisation
Priscilla Kankam ( Lead Pharmacist)
Medicines Optimisation Team

2. Wasted Medicines – Insight Gathering
Department of Health funded report (2010) - £300 million/year wasted on unused medicines:
£110 million wasted medicine returned to pharmacies for safe disposal annually
£90 million worth of unused prescription medicines are stored in people’s homes
£50 million worth of NHS supplied medicines are disposed of annually by Care Homes*
£1 in every £25 spent on medicines & allied products in primary and community care is unused and wasted.
£2.8 million could potentially be saved in West Kent through better medicine management, could be spent on:
470 more hip replacements
300 more heart by-pass operations
65 more community nurses
400 more knee replacements
* Source: Evaluation of Scale, Causes and Cost of medicines wasted (DH) 2

3. Medicine Waste Campaign
Aims
To encourage and support better use of prescribed medicines
To reduce the amount of unused / partially used medicines and free up valuable resources which can be invested in front line services
Improve patient safety
Key messages:
Only order what you need
Do not cash prescriptions if you don’t need them
Wasted medicines waste money and time
Unused medicines cannot be recycled
Discuss your medication with your GP, nurse or pharmacist on a regular basis

4. posters

5. Medicine Waste Campaign

7. Engagement to Campaign timeline
Medicines Optimisation Team proposing to engage the public via
Online and paper questionnaire
Focus group(s) with patients and public
Focus group(s) with care home staff
Timeline
Engagement for campaign: Feb–Apr 2016
Questionnaire
Focus group(s)
Campaign launch: June 2016
Evaluation of campaign and re engagement with public: Autumn 2016

8. How can you help ……… PPG chairs
Review and comment on the survey questionnaire to Ferne Haxby by Tuesday 23 February
Promote survey
Use core questions for discussion with practice patients to provide feedback to CCG
What do you think would stop people from keeping or hoarding medicine that they are not taking or do not need?
What do you think can be done to better support patients on repeat prescriptions to ensure they only order what they need?
Recruit practice patients to participate in a focus group(s)