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Medicines For Children – The Strength of Working Together

Medicines For Children – The Strength of Working Together. Andy Fox, Principal Pharmacist, Southampton Pharmacy Research Centre (SPRC), Medication Safety Pharmacist. Medicines for Children – The Strength of Working Together. Andy Fox, Chair – Joint Medicines Committee RCPCH/NPP.

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Medicines For Children – The Strength of Working Together

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  1. Medicines For Children – The Strength of Working Together Andy Fox, Principal Pharmacist, Southampton Pharmacy Research Centre (SPRC), Medication Safety Pharmacist

  2. Medicines for Children – The Strength of Working Together Andy Fox, Chair – Joint Medicines Committee RCPCH/NPP

  3. What am I going to do? • Use • Amusing pictures • Hilarious anecdotes In an attempt to • See the power of working together • Develop curiosity • Inspire you to become involved

  4. Who am I?

  5. The Medicines Committee – Who? • NPPG Members - Chair • RCPCH Members • Observers • Nurse, ABPI, MHRA, MCRN, RCGP, RCPsych

  6. The Medicines Committee – What? • Responding to Consultations • BNFC • Production of Medicines Information leaflets • Work with and Support MCRN • Education and Training • Supporting Clinicians and Pharmacists

  7. Examples • Tranexamic Acid • E – Learning • http://rcpch.learningpool.com • Competency Tests • Codeine • ESUOM • Vomiting!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  8. Medicines Committee - Future • Children and young persons outcome forum • Delayed antibiotics (RCGP) • Its for you - what do you want it to do?

  9. Medicines For Children - Vision That any parent, wherever they are, have information on their child’s medicines that they need and can trust.

  10. MFC – Facts and Figures • 180 Leaflets • 21 in production • Strict QA Procedure • Information Standard approved

  11. MFC - Stats

  12. What makes MFC so damn good?

  13. MFC – The Team • Kirsten Olson, Jyotsna Vohra, Fallon Mody • Linda Partridge, Jody Blake • Stephen Tomlin/ Helen Sammons • Catrin Barker/David Tuthill

  14. Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory (1979) • Five environmental systems with which an individual interacts • Influences the study of human beings and their environments

  15. Medicines for Children Leaflets RCPCH/NPPG MFC Project Group Members

  16. Medicines for Children Leaflets RCPCH/NPPG MFC Project Group Members Parents/Carers

  17. MFC - Parents • Parents involved at all stages • Template • Individual leaflets • Web pages • Videos

  18. What do parents say? • ‘I would feel safe using the information’ • ‘Good to have just one website and know that the information is correct.’ • ‘The information sheets are easy to read, are well set out and the language used is pitched at the right level.’

  19. MFC - Future • Re-accreditation • Funding • Videos • Social networking • You

  20. The Strength of Working Together

  21. Thank You! andy.fox@uhs.nhs.uk

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