What does Mur on a prescription mean?

Medicines Use Reviews (MURs) are a part of the Advanced Services of the community pharmacy contract. It involves the pharmacist conducting a structured review with patients about their medicines use. The aims of this service are to improve patients knowledge, concordance and use of medicines.

What is the purpose of an Mur?

The MUR involved the pharmacist reviewing the patient’s use of their medication, ensuring they understood how their medicines should be used and why they have been prescribed, identifying any problems and then, where necessary, providing feedback to the prescriber.

Who is eligible for an Mur?

The MUR service is only to be provided to patients who are being prescribed more than one drug, unless the only drug they are being prescribed is a ‘high risk medicine’ (i.e. those listed in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Directions).

What is targeted Mur?

Patients at risk of cardiovascular disease will be an MUR target group from next month, PSNC has announced. MURs are already targeted at patients on high-risk medicines, with respiratory conditions or who have had their medicines changed while in hospital.

How long does MUR accreditation last?

The assessment is certificated by the University of Manchester. In line with other MUR accreditation providers, CPPE charges a fee of £75 to access the assessment. This will give you access to the assessment for five years.

What are high risk medicines?

High risk medicines (HRMs) are medications that have an increased risk of causing significant patient harm or death if they are misused or used in error.

What is the high risk medication?

High risk medications are drugs that have a heightened risk of causing significant patient harm when they are used in error. High risk medicines include medicines: with a low therapeutic index. that present a high risk when administered by the wrong route or when other system errors occur.

What is a high risk drug?

What is high risk drug monitoring?

We define high-risk prescribing as medication prescription by professionals, for which there is evidence of significant risk of harm to patients, and which should therefore either be avoided or (if avoidance is not possible) closely monitored and regularly reviewed for continued appropriateness.

Why is it important to make Mur records?

You must be able to provide evidence of this in the form of an MUR certificate, which is a statement of satisfactory performance awarded or endorsed by a HEI. Pharmacists must send a copy of their certificate to the local NHS England team before they can begin providing the MUR service.

Does the patient need to be present for a prescription review?

Types of Review Description Type 1 Prescription review: addresses issues relating to the prescription or medicines; the patient does not need to be present, nor access to full notes.

What are the top 5 high-alert medications?

The five high-alert medications are insulin, opiates and narcotics, injectable potassium chloride (or phosphate) concentrate, intravenous anticoagulants (heparin), and sodium chloride solutions above 0.9\%.