{
  "abstract": "Background Individuals with neurological conditions have a variety of visible and invisible symptoms which can result in complex medication regimens as they age and co-morbidities arise (related and unrelated to their neurological condition). Medication can include disease-modifying therapies, symptom management and medication for other disorders.Methods We reviewed the role of UK neurology clinical pharmacists and how they integrate into their neurology teams and how they support the wider multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and patients through their expertise in pharmacology, medication management, governance and patient safety.Results With approaches founded on clinical pharmacy experience, pharmacists alongside the wider MDT, patients and NHS leadership can help meet the complex challenges of neurological care in a variety of ways. Clinic based roles enhance current neurology services and promote pharmacovigilance and patient centred care.Conclusions Neuropharmacists bring medication management, patient counselling and pharmacovigilance to the neurology team. They can support shared decision making processes at an individual patient level and also help create the systems to encourage this at a population level. The role of a specialist neuropharmacist can help tackle the shortages in staffing that is being seen within other staffing groups including neurologists and specialist nurses and allow staff to work as part of functioning MDT with everyone’s skills being used optimally.joela.mathews@nhs.net",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Barts Health NHS Trust/TMS4All"
      ],
      "name": "Mathews Joela"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Imperial NHS Trust"
      ],
      "name": "Dorsey Rachel"
    }
  ],
  "title": "185 The role of clinical pharmacists in patient-centric neurology care",
  "uid": "ce632761-f0d1-5989-a89a-585cd8db2fc9"
}