Monday 11 May marks the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Week this year, and the theme is ‘Action.’ While raising awareness remains essential, ‘taking action’ is vital to lasting change and better health all year round.
12 May 2026
Medicines are the most frequent therapeutic healthcare intervention in the NHS.
The aim is to optimise the use of medicines by promoting cost effective and evidence based clinical practice and effective risk management to ensure that patients get the right choice of medicine at the right time. We work to ensure our population get the most from their medicines, take medicines correctly, avoid taking unnecessary medicines, improve medicines safety, and reduce medicines wastage.
Effective medicines optimisation contributes towards:
- Improved health of individuals and the population as a whole
- Improved patient care and satisfaction
- Reducing medication-related harm
- Making best use of available resources
- Making better use of professional skills
- Delivering high quality, effective, safe healthcare
Latest news
Pioneering research study to improve care of heartburn goes live
Heartburn Health, a national research programme to find ways to improve care for people with heartburn, indigestion or acid reflux is live in south east London and is looking for volunteers with these symptoms, aged 55-79 to take part. Supported by the NHS and Cancer Research UK, Heartburn Health is creating a community of at […]
07 May 2026
May bank holidays – how to get the help you need
4th and 25th May 2026
30 Apr 2026
