Clinical pharmacy: safe prescribing and monitoring

Abstract

The roles of the clinical pharmacists and medicines management technicians within the inpatient psychiatric setting are many and varied. This chapter explores some of these roles and examines how they enhance patient care and support the aims of mental health trusts and inpatient psychiatry. This is primarily achieved through effectively and efficiently managing medicines. The aim of the clinical pharmacy team is to promote high-quality, value-for-money care which is patient-centred and based upon improving patient outcomes. The chapter also discusses how pivotal papers and reports have shaped the services that pharmacy departments deliver to psychiatric inpatients.