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Medicines Management

Medicines Management seeks to maximise health gain through the optimum use of medicines. It encompasses all aspects of medicines use, from the prescribing of medicines to the ways in which medicines are taken or not taken by patients.

Medicines Management offers a varied and stimulating environment in which to work. Disciplines represented include pharmacy, medicine, epidemiology, pharmaco-economics, statistics, geography and sociology.

The department is the home of Keele Medicines Management Services, a not-for-profit organisation providing tailored, cost-effective, prescribing support solutions to the NHS.  Working with GPs, commissioners and local medicines management teams, our services include:   

• Prescribing data analysis

• Clinical evaluation (critical appraisal) services

• Medicines management and prescribing education

• Medicines management strategic action planning

Learn more about Keele Medicines Management Services or access the West Midlands prescribing advisory service.

The department is also home to the Midlands Therapeutics Review and Advisory Committee (MTRAC) which advises local GPs on the introduction of new therapies to primary care. We have particular expertise in the areas of review and evaluation of clinical evidence, data analysis, evidence-based guidance and education outreach.

We have a thriving research programme in the following areas:

> Pharmaco-epidemiology
> Medicines policy
> Concordance
> Drug misuse

These themes form the focus for students following our MSc, MPhil and PhD programmes.

The Department publishes its work extensively in the form of reports, articles in peer-reviewed and professional journals, presentations at national conferences and education/information briefings.