NPCHF Webinar: Pharmacist-led Structured Medication Reviews in Care Homes
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Medicines Optimisation
Webinar Details
Exclusive to PCPA and NPCHF Members
Pharmacist-led Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs) in Care Homes: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Medicines Optimisation
Time: 1-2pm
Date: Tuesday 4th November 2025
Key takeaways
- Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs) in care homes must take a patient-centred approach, that considers frailty, multimorbidity, and what matters most to the individual, as well as clinical guidelines.
- Effective SMRs require identifying the most vulnerable residents at risk, corroborating evidence from records and collaboration with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) as well as proactively identifying inappropriate polypharmacy and falls risk increasing medicines to prioritise for deprescribing
- Pharmacists play a central role optimising medicines use for care homes residents by proactively communicating with care home staff, GPs, wider MDT, and bringing medicines expertise to MDT discussions, especially for complex patients.
Speaker:
Lelly Oboh, Consultant Pharmacist, Care of older people, Guys and St Thomas’s Trust Community Health Services
Speaker
Lelly Oboh
Lelly Oboh is a Consultant Pharmacist for older people at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Trust and Clinical & Care Professional Lead at South East London Integrated Care System, where she leads the implementation of the National Overprescribing Review recommendations across the system.
A Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Lelly is nationally recognised for her expertise in optimising medicines for older people living with frailty, multimorbidity, and polypharmacy. She is a sought-after speaker, educator, and contributor to national guidance in this area, and serves on advisory and research groups.
