Dolly Sud, a pharmacist in the Leicestershire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, identified the need to improve physical health monitoring.
“As a pharmacist, I see the disparity between the treatment of people with mental and physical health problems, including issues faced by patients taking antipsychotic drugs. Audits carried out by the Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust and the Prescribing Observatory for Mental Health (POMH-UK), show a low rate of physical health monitoring for people on antipsychotic drug therapy. This needed to change”
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