The challenges of an aging population, and more people living with complex long term conditions, creates an increasing need for integrated and specialised care. Our clinical support services help you develop the right solutions for your communities, while keeping patients at the heart of commissioning.
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Improving reporting process efficiencies for the NHS England Midlands Region specialised commissioning pharmacy team
The NHS England Midlands Region specialised commissioning pharmacy team agreed a package of support with Arden & GEM that would see the CSU’s medicines optimisation team provide additional capacity and capability in invoice validation, drugs challenges, contract meetings and commissioning query response.
Accessing post-registration training: a regional survey
The findings from our pilot study, commissioned by Health Education England, to explore potential inconsistencies in training across different pharmacy sectors in the Midlands and East of England have been published in the Pharmaceutical Journal.
Understanding the complexity and acuity of a female acute mental health ward
When Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation NHS Trust wanted to better understand the complexity and acuity of its female acute mental health ward, Arden & GEM’s Clinical Support team was tasked with undertaking a ‘discovery’ project.
Paid summer placement opportunity for third year pharmacy students
NHS Arden & GEM CSU is offering third year pharmacy students the opportunity to gain research, investigation and evaluation experience by joining us for a paid 12-week summer placement in 2024.
Providing pharmacy expertise and capacity to Primary Care Networks and GP practices
When Clarendon Lodge Medical Centre and Dene and Stour Valleys PCN needed a period of fixed term pharmacy support, Arden & GEM’s medicines optimisation service was able to provide experienced professionals to deliver tailored support.
Integrating community pharmacy to deliver better patient care across the East of England
Working in partnership with NHS England’s East of England regional team, system partners, community pharmacies and Local Pharmaceutical Committees, Arden & GEM developed a community pharmacy strategy for the region.
Using a hackathon to tackle complex NHS challenges in a day
In this latest blog for Healthcare Leader, Alison Tonge, Executive Director of Strategy and Innovation at NHS Arden & GEM, shares how a recent ‘innovation hackathon’ event brought together expert speakers, staff and customers, in facilitated multidisciplinary working groups to find and develop solutions to complex challenges facing the NHS.
Join us at The Pharmacy Show 2023 on 15-16 October 2023, at The NEC, Birmingham
Join us at The Pharmacy Show on 15-16 October 2023 to learn how NHS Commissioning Support Units (CSUs) help health systems and care providers including in primary and community care to meet medicines optimisation objectives, improve patient care and increase efficiency.
Providing medicines optimisation expertise to regional Specialised Commissioning teams
When three NHS England regional specialised commissioning teams needed additional capacity and capability to support them with their medicines optimisation responsibilities, dedicated resource from Arden & GEM’s clinical support service was provided.
Supporting Black Country ICB to harmonise and develop clinical treatment policies
Arden & GEM assigned a team to support Black Country ICB ensure there were harmonised clinical treatment policies in place across its new geographic footprint to ensure fair access to treatments and interventions.
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