Welcome to the Keele Centre for Medicines Optimisation website. We offer a range of tailored, prescribing support solutions designed to provide cost-effective medicines optimisation support to the NHS. Working with medicines management teams, commissioners and GPs, our services include prescribing data analysis, medicines optimisation education, rapid evidence review and critical appraisal/commissioning support services.

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Commissioning Support

MTRAC is an independent professional committee of prescribers and other key decision-makers in the use of medicines in primary care. The opinions and recommendations of the Committee, and the evidence considered in the assessments, are available in guidance summaries. For the latest activities please click the green arrow.

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Open access materials

We recognise the importance of sharing best-practice in optimising medicines use and a selection of materials are therefore available as open-access resources. For further information, please click the green arrow below.

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