Posted on: 16 May 2022
A project led by CNWL's Deputy Chief Pharmacist, Anshu Rayan, and Yogita Dawda, Clinical Lead Pharmacist, Mental Health to provide more transparent and engaging medicines information has won an Award for Excellence in the Use of Technology in Pharmacy Practice at the Clinical Pharmacy Congress.
As part of a coproduction project, CNWL partnered with Dr James Ohene-Djan, Senior Lecturer, Goldsmiths, University of London and Co-founder QR Video Solutions to develop a series of videos to educate patients, carers and healthcare professionals on valproate, lithium, clozapine and the Covid-19 vaccine.
The QR code to these videos can be then attached to the outer packaging of these medicines for any supplies dispensed via CNWL. Patients/carers can access the videos by scanning the QR code with any smartphone. Alternatively, the videos can be accessed via https://www.yourhealth.tv/
The QR videos developed so far include:
- Valproate: Considering valproate in women of childbearing age and helps support the Prevent pregnancy programme
- Starting lithium: Important information you should be aware of when starting lithium
- Considering lithium: Information to support decision-making about starting lithium
- Considering clozapine: Information to support decision-making about starting clozapine
- Clozapine and physical health monitoring: Information on why this is important and what you can do to help
- Clozapine and constipation: Information about constipation with clozapine and what to do
- Clozapine and smoking: How to avoid problems if you change the amount you smoke when taking clozapine
- Encouraging uptake and education about the myths around Covid-19 vaccine
Anshu has also produced QR videos for pharmacy undergraduates at the UCL School of Pharmacy as part of a sexual health training module, providing an overview of sexual health clinics and the treatment provided.
Anshu and Yogita would like to thank the CNWL Digital Innovation Group for the initial funding for this project. They would also like to thank all those who have supported this project, in particular members of the Trust Coproduction group.
They also presented the below poster on the same topic at the Congress.
