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Katy George

Utilising the Dorset Care Record – a perspective from medicines management

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University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) Medicines Management Technician Katy George has been using the Dorset Care Record for the past two years, after hearing of its benefits from colleagues.

Complementing the role of hospital pharmacists, Katy is involved in supplying medication to patients while they are in hospital, in preparation for their discharge; counselling patients on their past and current medication; carrying out technical checks and liaising with members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure a safe and efficient service.

Katy uses the DCR hundreds of times a month to complete medicine reconciliation and drug histories of patients, updating medicines data from GPs and discharge letters. Continue reading “Utilising the Dorset Care Record – a perspective from medicines management” →

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Hospital pharmacists help drive up use of the Dorset Care Record

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Additional information around medications has led to a huge rise in hospital pharmacists using the DCR – three of the top eight users at Dorset County Hospital can be found at the Dorchester-based pharmacy.

Jiapei Ong became interested in pharmacy while talking to her cousin, a pharmacist in Malaysia. She  liked the way pharmacists worked with patients to improve their care. Jiapei then studied at Nottingham University, ahead of a pre-registration community pharmacy stint around Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire.

Jiapei moved to Dorset County Hospital last summer and is one of 20-30 pharmacists, working with patients in the wards and providing cover in the dispensary. Continue reading “Hospital pharmacists help drive up use of the Dorset Care Record” →

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What community pharmacy access to shared health and social care records could mean for patient care

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In this blog, published in the industry periodical Pharmaceutical Journal, Dorchester pharmacist Robin Mitchell writes about the openings available to pharmacies now that they have access to the Dorset Care Record.

 

When the Dorset Care Record (DCR) launched in March 2018, it brought with it the many potential benefits of having patient information in one place and available to a broad range of health and social care professionals.

It is described as an electronic repository that provides a consolidated view of information from health and social care systems across the county of Dorset, and currently includes information from hospitals and GPs. Continue reading “What community pharmacy access to shared health and social care records could mean for patient care” →

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Community pharmacies to join the Dorset Care Record

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Up to 150 community pharmacies across the county are to be given access to health and social care records held within the Dorset Care Record (DCR)

This will give them up to date records in a transparent and easy to understand way – particularly important in this current time.

Pharmacies are the first sector outside the acute and community hospital and social care settings to be given access to the DCR and the move has been fast-tracked due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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