Staffordshire medicine reminder initiative. For patients with long term conditions, as many as half of prescribed medicines are not taken as prescribed. Over a third of older people take more than four medicines, several times daily and at different times of the day, according to Head of Medicines at South Western Staffordshire PCT, Cathy Riley, “Research has shown that for patients with long term conditions, as many as half of prescribed medicines are not taken as prescribed.”
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