Pharmacist-led digital intervention reduces hazardous prescribing in general practice

(NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research Centre ) A pharmacist-led, new digital intervention that improves patient safety when prescribing medication in general practice reduced rates of hazardous prescribing by more than 40* per cent, 12 months after it had been introduced to 43 GP practices in Salford, finds a new study. Due to its success, plans are underway to roll it out across Greater Manchester.