Update to guidance regarding issue of prescriptions and use of MDS
Written by admin on Friday 10th January 2020
Useful information for pharmacies supplying medication in MDS style compliance aids
An NHS England and NHS Improvement assignment has recently finished on a Wessex review of MDS.
Final documents have been uploaded onto our CPSC website as detailed below to update and supplement the previous information provided:
- Guidance on the Issue of Prescriptions and use of Monitored Dosage Systems (MDS), which was created by Wessex Pharmacy Local Professional Network (LPN) in collaboration with the Local Medical Committee (LMC) in 2018
- Discussion paper
- Slide deck which provides responses to the questions posed by the discussion paper and planned next steps for the LPN
The information is also in the 'For Professionals' section under Equality Act Support (including Compliance Aids information)
The documents have been shared with the national team and can be shared onward within your network groups.