Quarter of referrals under national hospital discharge service from just one area

摘要

Community pharmacies across England are experiencing a wide variation in the number of patients referred to them by NHS trusts through the ‘discharge medicines service (https://psnc.org.uk/services-commissioning/essential-services/discharge-medicines-service/) ‘ (DMS), NHS data have revealed. The figures (https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/prescription-data/dispensing-data/nhs-discharge-medicines-service) , published monthly by NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) and analysed by The Pharmaceutical Journal, show that community pharmacies have claimed for 63,109 referrals within the first nine months of the service being launched in February 2021.