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FOI Request

Disclosure ID
FOI/05279
Request Date
December 2, 2022
Subject
NHS Discharge Medicine Service (DMS)
Description

I am requesting the following information on the NHS discharge medicine service (DMS), which became a nationally commissioned service on 15 February 2021.

1) When did your trust begin referring patients through the NHS DMS?

2) How many patients has your trust referred to community pharmacies through the DMS between 15 February 2021 and 14 July 2022?

a. The number of inpatients that your trust has discharged between 5 February 2021 and 14 July 2022 except daycases and maternity patients

3) According to national guidance for operating the DMS, trusts are responsible for developing their own eligibility criteria for patients referred through the service that meet “local population needs” (see page 13). Please could you supply a copy of your trust’s eligibility criteria for referring patients through the DMS?

Response

Please see accompanying document 

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