Medicines talk (Queen Mary University of London)

Summary

Medicines talk is a website hosting a collection of stories to inspire new avenues for discussion between healthcare professionals and their patients about their medicines and care.

• Story 1: Life is meant for laughing
• Story 2: What is it all for?
• Story 3: 'Keeping going': Are my medicines a help or a hindrance?
• Story 4: I look after myself
• Story 5: Is there anything we can stop today?
• Story 6: A glimpse of the future?
• Story 7: Polluting the planet

The stories were co-authored by Professor Deborah Swinglehurst and Dr Nina Fudge, based on research conducted between 2016 and 2021 at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). The researchers studied 24 people aged 65 or older who had been prescribed ten or more different items of regular medication, through home visits, interviews and attending appointments for up to two years. They also observed and spoke with health professionals in three general practices and four community pharmacies.