A DASHBOARD bringing together a range of current data related to medicines has been launched in a bid to move the focus of trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) from a heavy emphasis on cost and volume of drugs towards how well patients are supported to optimise drug use. The prototype dashboard, set up by NHS England, includes hospital admission data and patient experience indicators and looks at areas such as medication safety and use of community pharmacy services. "It is not intended as a performance measurement tool and there are no targets," NHS England says, adding that many of the indicators are proxies to help stimulate localised debate about how well patients are supported to use their medicines.
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