On 9 July 2019, AWTTC hosted its fourth annual Best Practice Day. An event focused on the sharing of excellent medicines optimisation work ongoing in Wales, with plenty of opportunity for networking and the sharing of ideas.
Sessions included:
Tapering the 'opioid crisis'
Emma Davies, Advanced Pharmacist Practitioner from Swansea Bay UHB, presented the first session, entitled ‘Tapering the “opioid crisis” – where, what, why and when’.
Non-malignant pain medication review clinic in a GP practice
The second session of the Best Practice Day 2019 on ‘Pharmacist-led chronic non malignant pain medication review clinic in a GP practice’ was presented by Ceri Clatworthy, Primary Care Pharmacist from Cardiff and Vale UHB.
Valley Steps
Richard Bundy, Executive Director of Valleys Steps, presented on ‘Valleys Steps - Psycho-education as the third way in addressing stress, anxiety and depression’.
Recognition and support of prescribed drug dependence
Stevie Lewis, patient and campaigner, spoke about her important work in her talk ‘Campaigning for better recognition and support of prescribed drug dependence’.
Social prescribing
There was a talk from Cindy Hayward, Social Prescribing Co-ordinator for Cwmtawe, about ‘New ways to wellbeing – Social prescribing in Swansea’.
Reducing unplanned admissions
Bethan Evans, Prescribing Advisor from Hywel Dda UHB, spoke about the impact of introducing a medicines management service to prevent unplanned admissions.
Prudent prescribing of human versus analogue insulin
Dr Lindsay George, Clinical Lead for Diabetes in Cardiff and Vale UHB, gave a presentation on ‘Prudent prescribing of human versus analogue insulin’.
Sore Throat Test and Treat Service
A session on the ‘Community Pharmacy Sore Throat Test and Treat Service’ was delivered by Emma Williams, Team Leader for Pharmacy Community Services at Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB.
A significant portion of the day was also dedicated to allowing representatives from all of the health boards, and AWTTC themselves, to host interactive sessions on various initiatives they are currently implementing across NHS Wales.
Find out more
You can download slides that were presented on the day through SHARE – AWTTC’s Online Community – Where you can also pose questions and discuss best practice initiatives. You can join the discussion and download the slides at share.awttc.org.
Feedback on the day has been overwhelmingly positive, and we look forward to hosting the next Best Practice Day in 2020. Keep an eye on www.awttc.org for more information.