SNEE ICB Medicines Waste campaign

Where: Online session via Teams: Reducing Medicines Waste Training | Meeting-Join | Microsoft Teams
When: Thursday 15 January 2pm - 2.30pm

Who: Suffolk and North Essex only       

This year, the ICB has been running a Medicines Waste Campaign. The campaign focuses on the issue of unused medicines waste. Across the UK, unused medicine costs the NHS around £300 million every single year, with an estimated £50 million from care homes, £110 million worth of medicine returned to pharmacies and a further £90 million worth of unused prescription medicines being stored in homes. We can all take action to reduce the waste and save money which can then be re-invested back into our NHS for patient care. It is also better for the environment.

We would like to invite Care homes, Pharmacies and GP practices, to a 30-minute online training session, with details shown below. We would love to hear your ideas about how we can all work together.                                                                                                 

Training to include:                                                                          

• Campaign introduction
• 3-way Communication solutions
• Streamlining Rx ordering
• Preventing duplicate ordering
• How you can help reduce medicines waste
• Questions