Heidi Wright

Friday 20th April 2012

Interface pharmacy: primary and secondary care

Synopsis:

This presentation will cover the background and an overview of the transfer of care project led by RPS and development of the guidance, how this fits in to the national picture i.e. NMS and tMURs post discharge and will give some examples of implementation of the guidance including electronic elements.

Biography:

Practice and Policy lead for England, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Heidi Wright is a registered pharmacist and has worked across different sectors of pharmacy. Heidi joined the RPSGB in 2005 as Head of Quality Improvement moving to Head of Practice and is now Practice and Policy lead for England at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. Previously she was Assistant Director for NPC plus and authored the ‘Good practice guidance to the management of controlled drugs in primary care.’  Heidi was integral to the development of the Essex Practice Development unit for Community Pharmacy and has worked both in community pharmacy and primary care.

Her specialist interests include development of services, policy formation and practice guidance