Discharge Medicines Service (DMS) – Declaration of Competence

All pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are reminded that they must complete the Discharge Medicines Service (DMS) Declaration of Competence (DoC) before providing the service, which became an Essential service earlier this year.

Even if you are yet to receive any referrals from local hospitals, you must be ready to provide the essential service.

As a minimum, both pharmacists and pharmacy technicians should have:

1. Read the section on DMS within the NHS England and NHS Improvement guidance on the regulations; and
2. Read the DMS toolkit.

Once you have undertaken the above, you must complete the Declaration of Competence available at CPPE.  Make sure you complete step 5 on the DMS DoC process to confirm that you have signed the statement of declaration.

•  DMS DoC

Additional training for the service is also available from CPPE: 

• Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education - NHS Discharge Medicines Service eLearning and assessment.