The 7 days stroke pharmacy service and centralisation of hyper acute stroke service in Coventry and Warwickshire
By Ting Ting Wong, Specialist Pharmacist in NeuroScience, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Poster
Introduction
What has changed?
Centralisation of all hyper-acute stroke services and TIA services at the UHCW site.
How?
Undergone significant re-design of the stroke pathway in all hospitals within Coventry and Warwickshire
Why this change?
With the long term plan of NHS England1,2,3 and the gradual increase of stroke cases 7 days clinical pharmacy service was set up in July 2021
Why is it important?
- Stroke is an emergency condition that timely access to care is vital.
- Hyper-acute stroke unit provides expert specialist clinical assessment, rapid imaging, and the ability to deliver thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy.
- Stroke rehab & information transfer between secondary & primary care is crucial to prevent readmission
Objective
- To compare the workload before and after the 7 days stroke pharmacy service.
- 100% of patient admitted to HASU should be reviewed by pharmacist within 24 hours
Service development
- Reduce medication errors by early medication reconciliation and drug review on day 1 of admission
- Improve patient flow from admission to discharge
- To allow more time to work on quality improvement projects by reducing workload over the weekend
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