Patient Support
Resources and projects to support families on medicines education and management including information leaflets and public awareness campaigns.
Patient Education
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Medicines for Children
An online platform providing practical, reliable and accessible information to parents, carers, and older children about medicines prescribed to children.
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Creating a Pill School – The Kidzmed Project
Creating a pill school to teach children and young people how to take tablet medication.
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The e-Bug Project
Teaching resources covering the ages of 5 to 18 years focused on the topics of microbiology, hand and respiratory hygiene, vaccinations and antibiotic use.
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5 Questions To Ask About Your Medication
Engaging patients and family members in a conversation about medication safety, helping them be an active partner in their health.
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Parenteral Nutrition for Children Leaflet
Leaflet developed to give patients, parents and carers some basic and consistent information about the parenteral nutrition that they were receiving.
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Side-Effects From Children’s Medicines Parent Leaflet
Leaflet to provide parents with information on management of a child in the aftermath of a suspected adverse drug reaction.
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Co-Production with Families
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DIY Health (0-5): Co-Producing Solutions
Weekly sessions co-facilitated by a Health Visitor and an Adult Learning Specialist with local Children’s Centres support.
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Families Reporting Critical Incidents and Near Misses
The project aimed to identify a method for families to report potential harm or near misses to decrease the possibility of adverse events.
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Consulting With Children and Young People
This e-learning programme aims to support pharmacy professionals in England with their development of consultation skills with children and young people.
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Please Reconcile Not Wait a While!
We describe a quality improvement project to increase the rate of paediatric medicines reconciliation on a 25 bed paediatric ward.
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