The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) has worked with NHS Employers to develop and publish guidance on how the New Medicine Service (NMS) and post discharge Medicines Use Reviews (MURs) can be used to provide a seamless care pathway for patients who transfer from hospital to the community setting. The guidance has been endorsed by the by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS).

Support tools are also available for hospitals and community pharmacists to help formalise how information relating to changes to patients’ prescriptions can be shared. A national referral form has also been developed to support the transfer of patient information between hospitals and community pharmacists. The following documents have also been launched to support this process:

• a template patient information leaflet about the benefits of community pharmacy

• a guidance document for community pharmacy about engaging with hospital colleagues

• a guidance document for hospital colleagues about engaging with community pharmacy

Please refer to the link below for further information and access to these documents.