If you work through all of the NPCi content within this topic we feel you will achieve the following learning objectives. If you would like to print out this information for inclusion in your CPD file a PDF version is available below.

Learning Objectives:
Working through this NPCi topic will enable you to:

• Understand the basic principles of medicines reconciliation
• Describe the key benefits of medicines reconciliation
• Know how to reconcile medicines when patients are transferred from one care setting to another
• Appreciate some of the barriers to medicines reconciliation and how they might be overcome
• Propose ways for measuring the implementation of medicines reconciliation in your organisation

Impact Assessment:
Applying the learning from this NPCi topic will make a difference to the way you communicate information and take action to identify and address discrepancies about patient’s medicines, resulting in:

• An increase in the quality of the information that is recorded about a patient’s medicines in any care setting
• An increase in the quality of information about patient’s medicines that is communicated across interfaces of care
• A reduction in medication errors at interfaces of care
• A reduction in the length of hospital stays due to problems with medicines
• A reduction in the risk of patient re-admission to hospital due to problems with medicines
• An increase in the number of medicines reconciled when patients are transferred from one care setting to another

KSF Links:
This NPCi topic links to the following dimensions from the NHS KSF and could help to meet personal learning objectives identified in personal development plans

Core KSF dimensions:

• 1 - Communication
• 2 - Personal & People Development
• 3 – Health, Safety & Security
• 4 - Service Improvement
• 5 – Quality

Health & Wellbeing:

• HWB1 – Promotion of health & wellbeing and prevention of adverse effects on health & wellbeing
  General:
• G1 – Learning & Development
• G2 - Development & Innovation
• G7 - Capacity & Capability