Contract for the provision of multi-compartment compliance aids to identified in-patients immediately following discharge

The Contract aims to provide in-patients with medicines immediately following discharge in Monitored Dosage Systems (MDS) for those identified as admitted into hospital using MDS or assessed as being unable to self administer their medication by other means whilst an in-patient. Some of the Contract's aims are as follows:- - Ensure timely delivery of medicines to the hospital - Ensure communication of the discharge letter requirements for patients between the patient, The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust (Trust), the successful Pharmacy (Provider), the General Practitioner (GP) and the patient's previous community pharmacy - Implement holistic medicines reconciliation by providing better information to patients, GPs and community pharmacies about changes to medicines at discharge - Achieve collaborative working to ensure that both requests for newly initiated MDS at discharge are appropriate and that ongoing provision of MDS for all patients is appropriate