Anticoagulation treatment counselling
Written by AlisonFreemantle on Tuesday 25th May 2021
Local resources available to support community pharmacists in counselling patients who are taking anticoagulation medication
Healthcare Professional resources
The following checklist/ template is particularly useful to community pharmacists as it contains key information to help when a patient starts to take anticoagulants for the first time:
There is also a useful comparison of the different DOACs in the guidance for safe switching document.
Patient facing resources
The following list of patient resources includes Patient Information Leaflets (PIL) and the 'Anticoagulation with Jack' video. Wessex AHSN produced this video as an information resource to support the use of DOACs:
- There are a number of important things for patients to be aware of when starting anticoagulants. In the video; the fictional character, Jack; starts taking his new medication and talks about his concerns taking them.
- https://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk/our-services/az-departments-and-specialties/haemophilia-haemostasis-and-thrombosis-centre/anticoagulation/patient-resources
