Medications & Reviews

A structured medication review is a confidential consultation carried out by your GP, or a pharmacist or advanced nurse practitioner from your local primary care network, with full medical notes. The objective is to reach an agreement with you about your medicines, optimise the impact of the medicines you’re taking, reduce the number of problems you might be having with them, and reduce waste. They also give you the opportunity to raise any worries, thoughts or suggestions you might have about your prescribed treatments. It’s also a chance to take advantage of clinical insight and advice from a medical professional who may have some useful suggestions for you to consider.

Why are medication reviews so important?

Medication reviews identify opportunities to help you get the best out of the medicines you’re taking, to help you understand what they do and why you’re taking them, to switch you to different medicines – or sometimes to stop medicines that are no longer right for you.