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Pill Pouches
You may want to think twice about using traditional
pill boxes or blister packs. As with telephones, TVs and
most other things, technology has advanced! There
are now have much easier more accurate ways to
organise your medication. PillTime is a digital pharmacy
that delivers personalised pouches of pre-sorted
medication, vitamins and supplements to patients on
multiple medications. The company's mission is to
make medication management easier with improved
adherence for patients and their families by providing an
efficient, reliable and cost-effective service.
PillTime is registered with the General
Pharmaceutical Council and is part of the NHS family
in just the same way as your local community or high
street pharmacy. The service is funded by the same
means and does not charge the NHS any extra fees for
its additional services such as pouching and delivery.
Once you've signed up, the company sends you an email
to confirm that PillTime is your chosen NHS pharmacy
and will dispense your medication from that point on.
The company will also contact your GP surgery to let
them know.
www.pilltime.co.uk
Active Implementation
Spirit Health, an independent service provider to the NHS
is set to provide greater choice for people living with
diabetes with the new blood glucose meter, CareSens S
Fit. The new diabetes medical device is recommended
as a preferred supplier on the NHS England Framework
for blood glucose, ketone meters, testing strips and
associated consumables used within primary care. A
cost-effective self-monitoring blood glucose meter, it
has a six-second read time and Bluetooth functionality.
CareSens S Fit is easy-to-use and meets ISO15197
standards for accuracy.
Spirit Health has made the process of implementing
this product seamless for medicines optimisation teams
by offering a free end-to-end service, called Active
Implementation. This service involves supplying a national
team of pharmacists, nurses, technicians and project
managers, thereby ensuring that primary care workforces
aren't disrupted but are supported. Using Spirit Health's
Active Implementation service can deliver further savings
compared to those where prescription change is managed
by a doctor's practice.
www.spirit-health.co.uk
Busy bees!
SmileSensors is a little outfit based in Manchester and
whose city symbol is a worker bee. If you visit the city
you are sure to see the Manchester Bee adorning walls, in
shop windows, on cars and elsewhere. People even have
the worker bee tattoos! SmileSensors states, "We can
certainly vouch for the hard work ethic, as we are busy
bees creating the cutest designs that you can be proud
to show off. We love the work that we do, and we do it
because we want everyone with type 1 diabetes to feel
happy -especially children. Bringing smiles to faces is our
motivation and our reason to get up each and every day.
So, in homage to the Manchester Bee, we have designed
our very own version for you to enjoy - no need to get a
tattoo! We hope you love our bee design as much as we
do, and that it reminds you that
you too are busy like a bee and
hardworking. You may want Type 1
diabetes to buzz off, but don't ever
underestimate your strength in
dealing with this complex disease.
Never forget you are amazing!"
Quality matters, and SmileSensors has extensively
researched and tested our sticker material to ensure each
sticker is: breathable, skin friendly, water resistant, don't
fray, are latex-free and easy to remove. A single sticker is
£2.99, a 10-pack is £19.99.
www.smilesensors.com