Time to listen – ready to help
Do you worry about the medicines you are taking? Would you like to understand more about your regular medicines and how they are helping you? Perhaps you would like to share some concerns about how they make you feel, or find out whether there are other ways you can take them.
We can offer you a review of your medicines. This is a free service and our pharmacist will arrange it at a time to suit you. The appointment will last about 15 minutes.
Our pharmacist will only know about the medicines that you collect from the pharmacy where you are having your medicines review appointment. So, you will need to tell them about any other medicines you take, as well as any complementary medicines, or regular vitamin or mineral supplements.
We do not have access to your medical history, so we won’t know about any past illnesses or conditions that may be relevant. Our pharmacist will need to ask you some questions about yourself, just to help them get a full picture. Then, at the end of the meeting, we will prepare an ‘action plan’ – noting down the things that have been jointly agreed.
Confidentiality
We know how important privacy and confidentiality is. So, when we talk to you about your medicines we make sure it is in a private area, where you have the full attention of the pharmacist. You and your GP will receive a record of the action plan – so that your medical notes can be kept up to date.
