Ashtons is proud to be the leading provider of specialist pharmacy services to independent healthcare providers in the UK. We are committed to helping you ensure your patients get the very best treatment.
Our range of pharmacy services has been designed, developed and continually refined for over 25 years to help hospitals and other healthcare providers throughout the UK meet the specific requirements of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) and Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW).Maintaining best practice and professional standards in medicines management is crucial to the delivery of high quality patient care.
Our range of pharmacy services has been designed, developed and continually refined for over 25 years to help hospitals and other healthcare providers throughout the UK meet the specific requirements of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) and Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW).Maintaining best practice and professional standards in medicines management is crucial to the delivery of high quality patient care.
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A recent NHS study* indicated 237 million prescribing errors occur every year - one mistake in every five prescriptions, which the study said caused an estimated 700 avoidable deaths annually. The investigation highlighted the continuing need for better medicines management. A core part of maintaining best practice standards in medicines management is good quality and timely communication with the pharmacist, including the reports they provide.
Get in touch! To find out more about e-Works or book a demonstration, please fill in your details below:. The government has current targets in place for all healthcare facilities to become paperless by 2024. This will include patient records, pharmacy reports, prescription charts and ordering.
A key aspect of developing a paperless system in any healthcare facility is the introduction of an electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) system.Since its launch our Ashtons e-Works ePMA system has been proven to reduce prescribing errors by up to 86% and medicines administration errors by up to 93%.
A key aspect of developing a paperless system in any healthcare facility is the introduction of an electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) system.Since its launch our Ashtons e-Works ePMA system has been proven to reduce prescribing errors by up to 86% and medicines administration errors by up to 93%.
The CQC expects all healthcare establishments to adhere to changing medication and healthcare guidelines produced by a variety of government agencies. We offer comprehensive assistance to easily access updates and guidelines that are most relevant to you. These guidelines may cover devices, drugs and clinical trials, or assessment reports discussing the risks and benefits of newer medications.
MaPPs gives an electronic summary of each patient's medication with a plain English explanation of what each drug is and what it is for. MaPPs is fast and very easy to use and can be accessed via Live View or our online ordering website. Summaries can be printed by nurses and given directly to patients.
The NEWT Guidelines is a unique resource which aims to provide prescribers and other healthcare professionals with available information relating to medicines management in patients with enteral feeding tubes or swallowing difficulties. In most cases, drugs are listed alphabetically under the name by which they are known in the British National Formulary (BNF).
