PCN teams will be asked to complete 3 Quality Improvement metrics as part of the PINH scheme.
All PCN teams will be expected to complete the Problematic Polypharmacy metric, with the choice of completing a further 2 quality metrics in a clinical quality area where improvements are possible.
Quality measures:
- Problematic Polypharmacy: over 70yrs taking 10+ medicines (qualifying)
- Reducing antibiotic prescribing in children (0-9yrs)
- Preventing falls: Hypotension risk in frail people over 80yrs
- Improving asthma prescribing in people ≥12yr prescribed SABA only for Asthma
without Inhaled Corticosteroid (ICS). - Reduction in NSAID prescribing in people with osteoarthritis at a high risk of
bleeding - Reducing prescribing of high dose >120mg morphine equivalence
- Reducing the No. of people co-prescribed opioids and benzodiazepines
Resources to support chosen prescribing improvement in neighbourhood health scheme 2627 (PINH) quality improvement indicators are available on the NHS Dorset Medicines Optimisation training and resources web page.
The Only Order What You Need campaign resources and further information can be found on the NHS Dorset medicines waste webpage.
