Chronic Medication Service (CMS)
The Chronic Medication Service (CMS) is an NHS service for patients with a long-term condition. The service will help you manage the medicines you take for your condition. Our pharmacists are experts in medicines and will talk to you regularly to help you get the most benefit from them. If you register for the service, our pharmacists will look at how you use your medicines. They will then discuss with you any problems you may have with your medicines and whether you should get a CMS care plan. A CMS care plan helps our pharmacists give you more regular care and advice about your medicines. They will give you a copy of your care plan and may also speak to your doctor about it. Serial prescriptions: you may be able to get serial prescriptions from your doctor so you can get some medicines on a long-term, repeat prescription. This is different from having a normal repeat prescription. For more about serial prescriptions, speak to our staff.
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About this Service
The Chronic Medication Service (CMS) is an NHS service, primarily available in Scotland, that helps patients with long-term conditions manage their regular medications through their local community pharmacist. This service involves a serial prescription that can last for almost a year, allowing the pharmacist to dispense medications automatically without the patient needing to request a new prescription from their doctor each time. It is designed for people with stable, long-term conditions such as high blood pressure or diabetes and aims to provide a more convenient and efficient way to manage repeat prescriptions.