High Risk Drug Monitoring
High Risk Drug Monitoring
What is High Risk Drug Monitoring?
A necessary and critical process to track medications that pose a potential threat to patients’ safety.A structured review of a patient’s medication following national standards and CQC expectations.
Virtual Pharmacist collaborates with practices and PCNs to provide a governance-led approach to monitoring high-risk medications, such as DMARDs, lithium, amiodarone, and antipsychotics.
Our pharmacists place patient safety first, ensuring that all necessary blood tests and clinical parameters are completed on time, recorded accurately, and actioned according to SPS and NICE guidance.
How Will This Help My Practice?
Enhances patient safety and safeguarding
Reduces clinical risk and prevents hospital admissions.
Ensures practice compliance
In line with QOF and CQC expectations and objectives.
Fully traceable and auditable monitoring
Using Virtual Pharmacist’s standard operating procedures.
Reduces GP workloads
Our team monitors all required tests and recalls.
Provides timely reviews
We ensure all necessary tests are completed and recorded on time.
Shared governance and collaboration
Supports practices to optimise patient care.