The Pharmaceutical Services (Advanced and Enhanced Services) (England) Directions 2021
These Directions may be cited as the Pharmaceutical Services (Advanced and Enhanced Services) (England) (Amendment) Directions 2021.
- Source: nhsbsa.nhs.uk
- Pharmacy Resource: Directions
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Advanced Service Specification – NHS New Medicine Service (NMS)
This service provides support to people who are newly prescribed a medicine to manage an long-term condition, which will generally help them to appropriately improve their medication adherence and self-manage their long-term condition.
- Source: nhsbsa.nhs.uk
- Pharmacy Resource: Service Specification
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Impact Assessment on the Introduction of the New Medicine Service
The New Medicine Service (NMS) aims to help people prescribed a new medicine for certain Long Term Conditions (LTC) to manage their LTC and to improve their medication adherence through providing further clinical support at the outset of taking new medication in keeping with overall government health policy to involve patients in shared decision making and to optimise medicines use.
- Source: gov.uk
- Pharmacy Resource: Impact Assessment
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PSNC Briefing 062/16: Services Factsheet – NMS guide for other healthcare professionals
This briefing provides information on the New Medicine Service (NMS) in a 2-page guide, answering five common questions about NMS as well as providing information on which patients are eligible for the service. It may be a useful resource to provide to other healthcare professionals to increase awareness and understanding of NMS.
- Source: psnc.org.uk
- Pharmacy Resource: Briefing
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CPPE
New medicine service (NMS)
When you have worked through this e-learning programme, you will have gained an understanding of how the NMS should be delivered in a patient-centred, effective way as part of your day-to-day practice.
On completion of all aspects of this learning programme you should be able to:
- describe the background of the NMS, including the evidence base
- describe possible options to engage and recruit patients into the service
- explain how to deliver a patient-centred approach to supporting individuals with their medicines.
- Source: cppe.ac.uk
- Pharmacy Resource: CE / CPD / Learning
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Briefing for general practice teams – changes to the NHS community pharmacy contract in 2021/22
This PSNC Briefing provides information for general practice teams on the changes to the community pharmacy contract in 2021/22, including the revised Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS).
- Source: psnc.org.uk
- Pharmacy Resource: Briefing
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NMS Frequently Asked Questions
- General NMS questions
- Who is eligible?
- Undertaking the service
- Patient consent and other data requirements
- Funding and claiming payment
- Source: psnc.org.uk
- Pharmacy Resource: Frequently Asked Questions
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NMS Condition list
From 1st September 2021, the following conditions are covered by the service
- Source: psnc.org.uk
- Pharmacy Resource: List
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New medicine service (NMS) drug lists
- Source: nhsbsa.nhs.uk
- Pharmacy Resource: List
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New Medicine Service – self-assessment of readiness for community pharmacists
This self-assessment is to provide you (the pharmacist) with a framework to assure yourself, your employer (where appropriate) and the NHS that you have reflected upon the skills and knowledge necessary to deliver the New Medicine Service (NMS) and can demonstrate them.
- Source: psnc.org.uk
- Pharmacy Resource: Self Assessment Form
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New Medicine Service: helping you with your new medicine
NMS patient leaflet
- Source: psnc.org.uk
- Pharmacy Resource: Patient Information Leaflet
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New Medicine Service Intervention Interview Schedule
The NMS interview schedule should be used by pharmacists to help shape the conversation they have with patients at the intervention and follow up stages of the service. The interview is based on the approach used in the proof of concept research and members of the original research team helped to design it.
- Source: psnc.org.uk
- Pharmacy Resource: Interview Schedule
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New Medicine Service – record keeping requirements
Pharmacists providing the service must make records to support ongoing provision of the service to patients, their future care and audit of the service. The records must be kept for at least two years from the date on which the service is completed or discontinued.
- Source: psnc.org.uk
- Pharmacy Resource: Document
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The guidance was developed and published by NHS Employers and PSNC working with a hospital and community pharmacy reference group. The guidance has been endorsed by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
The following documents have been produced to aid engagement between hospital and community pharmacists; to help to raise awareness among secondary care colleagues of the benefits of engaging with community pharmacy and to provide additional information for patients.
- Source: psnc.org.uk
- Pharmacy Resource: Guidance
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Medicines Reconciliation Video
This video aims to highlight the role each sector plays in medicines reconciliation, particularly hospital pharmacy.
- Source: youtube.com
- Pharmacy Resource: Video
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Welcome to the reporting site for the Yellow Card Scheme
The Yellow Card Scheme is vital in helping the MHRA monitor the safety of all healthcare products in the UK to ensure they are acceptably safe for patients and those that use them. Reports can be made for all medicines including vaccines, blood factors and immunoglobulins, herbal medicines and homeopathic remedies, and all medical devices available on the UK market.
- Source: yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk
- Pharmacy Resource: Online Reporting
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CPPE
New medicine service – antihypertensives
The overall aim of this learning programme is to provide and signpost you to key learning to increase your confidence in providing effective NMS consultations for patients newly prescribed an antihypertensive medicine.
On completion of all aspects of this learning programme you should be able to:
- discuss the key issues in the drug management of hypertension
- find key resources to help you plan and complete NMS consultations for patients taking antihypertensives
- list the key counselling points for patients taking antihypertensives as a new medicine
- provide advice for patients presenting with questions and concerns at an NMS consultation.
- Source: cppe.ac.uk
- Pharmacy Resource: CE / CPD / Learning
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CPPE
New medicine service – asthma and COPD
This programme will provide learning and signposting to help pharmacists to conduct effective New Medicine Service (NMS) consultations for people taking respiratory medicines.
On completion of all aspects of this learning programme you should be able to:
- identify the key issues for patients taking a new respiratory medicine
- provide advice to patients to enable them to manage their condition effectively
- find key resources to help you plan and deliver effective new medicine service consultations for people with respiratory disease
- provide advice to people using a new inhaler and support them in ensuring they have an effective inhaler technique.
- Source: cppe.ac.uk
- Pharmacy Resource: CE / CPD / Learning
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Make the most of your pharmacist
A pharmacist is another health expert you can turn to for asthma advice and support. And the great thing is you don’t need an appointment.
- Source: asthma.org.uk
- Pharmacy Resource: Patient Advice
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The New Medicine Service Study
Welcome to the New Medicine Service Study (NMS-Study) website.
The NMS-Project was funded by the Department of Health and was conducted to review the implementation and benefits of the New Medicine Service (NMS) introduced into community pharmacy in October 2011.
This study has now finished. To access and download copies of the study publications please click on the icons below.
- Study protocol December 2013 – Trials journal
- Press release August 2014 – Study final report published
- Study final report August 2014 – Main report
- Study final report August 2014 – Main report appendices
- Source: nottingham.ac.uk
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Pharmacy Resources Last Checked: 30/09/2021