Chronic Medication Service (CMS)

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Chronic Medication Service (CMS)
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Programme

• Introduction
• Pharmaceutical Care Planning - Ray
• ePharmacy Programme Dawn, IM T
• Workshops Niall, Michelle, Aileen, Allan
  Rhona

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What is the Chronic Medication Service (CMS)?

• CMS is the fourth and final core element of the
  Community Pharmacy Contract.
• CMS offers patients an enhanced service from
  community pharmacists.
• Rxs can be issued for up to 48 weeks
• Pharmacists can develop pharmaceutical care plans
  
• CMS is based on shared care between the
  pharmacist and the GP.

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What are the Benefits of CMS?

• CMS will
• build on and strengthen existing good pharmacy
  practice
• encourage joint working between GPs CPs
• improve patient care.
• The purpose of CMS is to further develop the
  contribution of community pharmacists in the
  management of individual patients with long-term
  conditions by improving their understanding of
  their medicines and working in partnership with
  them and other healthcare practitioners to
  maximise the clinical outcomes from their therapy.

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CMS aims to

• Improve patient care through a systematic
  approach to pharmaceutical care of patients with
  long term conditions.
• Formalise the role of community pharmacists to
  manage patients by making better use of their
  skills and expertise to improve a patients
  understanding of their medicines.
• Maximise clinical outcomes from therapy and
  provide a framework to support collaborative
  working between community pharmacists, patients
  and GPs.

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Key Messages

• The Chronic Medication Service is available in
  every community pharmacy across Scotland.
• It is for people with long term conditions who
  require medications on a regular basis.
• The pharmacist will work closely with the GP
  patient to ensure medicines are appropriate. The
  aim being to improve patients understanding of
  their medicines and give them more control over
  their condition.
• Continuity of care as patients will be
  regularly visiting their local community pharmacy
  they will develop a better relationship with the
  pharmacist.
• There will be less medicines wastage as
  pharmacists will have regular contact with
  patients and ensure that any prescribed medicines
  are necessary and suitable.

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CMS aims to ensure systems are in place to

• Minimise adverse drug reactions
• Address existing/ prevent potential problems with
  medicines
• Provide structured follow up
• Provide referral interventions as and when
  necessary.

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