The new AHSN Network Polypharmacy: Getting the Balance Right Programme aims to support local systems and primary care to identify patients at potential risk of harm and support better conversations about medicines by promoting shared decision making. One of the core principles of this is population health management.
To consider how best to understand and utilise available data, the AHSN Network and NHS Business Services Authority (BSA) hosted two webinars on 24 March and 6 April. More than 360 colleagues from across the NHS attended.
Following the success of the previous two polypharmacy events, another webinar has been organised to demonstrate how polypharmacy prescribing comparators help us understand variation in prescribing of multiple medicines and identify patients more likely to be exposed to the risk of taking multiple, or combinations of, medicines.
Hosted by the AHSN Network and NHS Business Services Authority (BSA), the webinar will take place on Tuesday, 24 May, for nominated AHSN polypharmacy and clinical leads, ICS medicines optimisation leads and Primary Care Network (PCN) teams, including GPs and pharmacists.