Clinical Medication Reviews
Clinical Medication Reviews
What Is a Clinical
Medication Review?
A structured review of a patient’s medication, run against national standards and CQC expectations.
Our medication reviews are delivered by experienced pharmacists working to defined SOPs, NHS England guidance, and CQC standards. Each review is shaped to the practice’s local priorities and the patient’s needs, from polypharmacy management to specific long-term conditions. The work supports QOF, IIF, and PCN DES requirements.
How Will This Help My Practice?
Virtual Pharmacist’s clinical medication review service is a high clinical quality, adaptable solution that helps practices provide optimal patient care while maintaining full auditability.
Flexible service shaped to your practice
Supporting both local priority and patient needs to tackle specific issues.
Clinically governed reviews
Help practices to reach QOF, IIF, and PCN DES targets.
Supports GP resources
Improving patient safety, reducing medication waste, and releasing GP time.
Backed by documented SOPs
Ensuring consistency, measurable outcomes, and full auditability.
Evidence-based service
Establishes safe, effective, and patient-centred medication decisions.
Optimise practice efficiency
Boosting clinical capacity and guaranteeing long-term sustainability.
“The team is consistently reliable. Phones are always answered and emails come back the same day. It’s made a real difference to how we run our medication reviews.”
“Fast email replies and always there when we need clinical input. The pharmacists fit straight into the team and just get on with the work.”
“Excellent service from start to finish. Easy to reach, quick to reply, and they clearly know NHS workflows inside out. We couldn’t recommend the team more highly.”
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Frequently Asked Questions
How is a clinical medication review different from a standard practice review?
Our medication reviews are structured, evidence-based, and auditable discussions, with a consistent approach that aligns with NHS England guidance and CQC expectations. Clinical medication reviews offer a much more in-depth, patient-focused assessment than standard practice ones that are more basic and may not always require the patient to be present.
Why is a medication review important?
Frequent clinical medication reviews matter for both patients and practices.
For patients, they check that prescribed medication is still effective and suitable against the individual’s medical history, important for making sure care stays right for them.
For practices, structured reviews reduce medication waste, hit quality targets like QOF and IIF, and free up GP time for acute illness.
How are patients contacted for their medication review?
How often should a medication review take place?
What happens if a review is outstanding?
Our thorough workflow system allows pharmacists to see any overdue patient medication reviews within your practice, including for long-term conditions and basic blood recalls. In these cases, the pharmacist will call the patient to book in the review.
