General Public

After arranging a suitable time to come and visit you, the credentialed pharmacist will talk about each of your medicines and confirm what is being used.
The review allows time for you to ask any questions or express any concerns that you may have about your medication, particularly those you might not have already raised with your GP.

• Appropriateness of each medication being used, including their doses.
• Most appropriate way in which to use any given medication, particularly with respect to time-of-day and food.
• Potential risks/adverse effects of using each medication (if not already identified).
• Possibly drug-drug and/or drug-food interactions, including suitability of complementary medicines and other over-the-counter medicines.
• System of medication administration.
• Inhaler technique and effectiveness.
• Assessment of medication adherence and identification of barriers to adherence.

There is also usually some relevant advice provided during the consultation.
Following the visit to your home, a report is written and sent to your GP (and often your pharmacy), which summarises and reconciles the list of medication being taken at home (often this is difficult for your GP to asses, particularly if there are multiple prescribers; e.g. multiple specialists).

The report will also provide a summary of the current clinical concerns relevant in your situation and highlight any areas where there may be over-treatment, under-treatment or any potential harm that may arise in the future due to the current medicines being used.

Additionally, the GP will also receive something called a Medication Management Plan – this provides a summary of the issues identified during the review, and provides subsequent recommendations to help address these issues (e.g. there may be a recommendation to either cease, increase or decrease a medication, or to change the dosing time of a particular medication etc.)