Discharge Medicines Review
Have your medicines changed after a hospital stay? Our pharmacy team can check your discharge information, help make sure your repeat medicines are updated correctly and answer any questions about what you should now be taking. This is a free NHS Wales service for eligible patients.
Support with your medicines after leaving hospital
Medicines are sometimes started, stopped or changed during a stay in hospital or another care setting. A Discharge Medicines Review helps make sure these changes are understood and carried through safely once you return home.
Our pharmacy team can compare your discharge medicines information with your current repeat medicines, identify possible discrepancies and contact the appropriate healthcare team when clarification is needed. We can also talk through your medicines and arrange follow-up support where appropriate.
How we can help
Who may be eligible?
You may be eligible if you have recently left hospital or another care setting and your medicines have changed, you take several regular medicines, or the pharmacy team believes that a review would help you. Eligibility is confirmed by the pharmacy team using NHS Wales service criteria.
What to do after discharge
Contact us
Let the pharmacy team know that you have recently left hospital or another care setting.
Share your discharge information
Where possible, bring your discharge letter or medicines information. In some circumstances this may be received securely by the pharmacy electronically.
We check the changes
Our pharmacy team will compare the discharge information with your current medicines and contact the appropriate healthcare team if anything needs clarification.
We follow up
We will explain any changes, answer your questions and arrange further support where appropriate.
Planning a hospital admission?
If you have a planned hospital admission, speak to our pharmacy team beforehand. We can explain how medicines information may be shared with the pharmacy after discharge where the relevant system supports this.
Frequently asked questions
Recently returned home from hospital?
Contact Tynewydd Pharmacy and let us know that you would like help reviewing your medicines after discharge.