Discharge Medicines Service – Local Information
Please read and action –
Discharge Medicines Service (DMS) – Update from Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust – January 2024.
Discharge Medicines Service – Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Update
Discharge Medicines Service (DMS) – Update from Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (AWP) – April 2024
Discharge Medicines Service – AWP Update
You are likely to receive DMS referrals from the following Organisations
| Organisation | Referral Route | Target Patient Groups |
| Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust | NHS Mail with PDF attachment | Working towards all in-patients on discharge |
| Great Western Hospital (Swindon) | PharmOutcomes referral | Currently only patients discharged with Compliance Aid, however discussions ongoing to widen out (eg anticoagulants, patients with recent heart attack) |
| Royal United Hospital (Bath) | PharmOutcomes referral | Aiming to refer all patients where the pharmacy team is involved in the discharge |
| Salisbury Foundation Trust (Salisbury) | PharmOutcomes referral | All patients discharged with a Compliance Aid plus patients on certain wards |
| Wiltshire Health and Care | NHS mail | Patients whose discharge from hospital have involved a “step down” stay in a Community Hospital |
| Other Out of County Providers | May be NHS mail or PharmOutcomes referral |
