Outcomes of Structured Medication Reviews for Selected Patients in the English National Health Service.

ABSTRACT: Structured medication reviews are now a common part of primary care practice, but little information is available on the outcomes of these reviews. We incentivised practices to submit a report via MS Forms supplying information from and the outcomes of the reviews of two cohorts of patients (those prescribed potentially addictive medication and those on problematic polypharmacy), as defined in the Primary Care Networks Contract Directed Enhanced Service. Submissions were analysed in Microsoft Excel. By the end of March 2025, 2858 reports were received from 48 of 55 eligible practices, reviewing a total of 34,531 prescribed items, with a mean of 12.1 items reviewed per structured medication review. Results indicated a preference amongst patients for the remote delivery of reviews, though ch

SUBMITTER: Wilcock M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12566740 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature