Aisha, 72
Discharged with four new medicines and no one to ask. A pharmacist call now covers the fir
At my age you're told to expect a longer list,
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MEDICINES AND PHARMACY
Eleven medicines is a diagnosis of its own.
Reporting on medicines, dispensing and deprescribing — what is on the list, why it grew, and how it comes down again.
Latest posts
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The handover that didn’t happen
Discharged with four new medicines and no one to ask. A pharmacist call now covers the first fortnight.
Discharge
4 Aug 2026 -
02
The same drug, twice, under two names
Two prescribers, both correct, one duplication that ran for fourteen months.
Safety
7 Jul 2026 -
03
Stopping one thing at a time
Four agents withdrawn across nine months, each with a review window and a written record.
Deprescribing
10 Jun 2026 -
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Nobody had explained the timing
Three medicines, three sets of instructions, one of which cancelled another out.
Adherence
13 May 2026 -
05
A prescriber in the pharmacy
Prescribing rights in the community removed a three-week referral step from every change.
Access
16 Apr 2026 -
06
The bag under the sink
An annual review that starts with bringing in everything, including what was stopped years ago.
Reviews
19 Mar 2026 -
07
Side effects nobody had mentioned
A symptom attributed to ageing for three years turned out to be listed on the leaflet.
Safety
22 Feb 2026 -
08
Reviewing with the person who actually does it
Her medicines are managed by her son. For four years, every review happened without him.
Reviews
25 Jan 2026
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Patient stories
Wilhelmina, 79
Two prescribers, both correct, one duplication that ran for fourteen months.
Two prescribers, both correct, one duplication that ran for fourteen months.
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Gerald, 76
Four agents withdrawn across nine months, each with a review window and a written record.
Four agents withdrawn across nine months, each with a review window and a written record.
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