Many patients who attend for eye examinations, particularly the elderly, are sometimes prescribed a number of medicines about which they may be confused or they have some concerns about their use.
Historically, optometrists might have referred back to the GP but now we have a range of services based in the community pharmacy to help support patients with their medicines, that the optometrist could refer to instead. The most relevant service would be Medicines Use Review (MUR).
The MUR forms part of the Community Pharmacy Contract which was introduced in April 2005, modified in 2011, and was the first advanced service for community pharmacy.
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