Online Medicines Support Resources for Leeds GP practices and Community Pharmacies – 7 April 2020
NHS Leeds CCG have subscribed to a 3 month trial of the MaPPs2 system (Medicines – A Patient Profile Summary), It is a fully indemnified web-based medicines management system, to provide support for patients and improve adherence and medicines taking behaviour particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic. The service will be free from 1 April 2020 until the 30 June 2020 to help our colleagues, Full details of how to access and examples of the charts/leaflets can be found below:
Drug shortage website – 7 April 2020
MIMS provide a live drug shortage tracker that practice staff can now access. You will need to register for this service with GP Online, the provider of MIMS. The tracker is based on national stock shortages and may not necessarily reflect local stock levels – please confirm with the patient’s community pharmacy if there is a local shortage before switching a patient’s medicines to an alternative based on the data from MIMS.