{"id":54,"date":"2024-05-15T17:16:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T16:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lothian\/nhs-borders\/mcr-serial-prescriptions\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T15:57:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T14:57:59","slug":"mcr-serial-prescriptions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lothian\/pages\/mcr-serial-prescriptions\/","title":{"rendered":"MCR &amp; Serial Prescriptions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Service Specification<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Medicines: Care and Review (MCR) replaces the chronic medication service (CMS). The three components to MCR are: medication reviews, pharmaceutical care planning and serial prescribing. Further details about the service can be found in the service specification <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publications.scot.nhs.uk\/files\/pca2021-p-03.pdf\">PCA(P)(2021)03<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>NES Turas <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.nes.nhs.scot\/12539\/pharmacy\/cpd-resources\/medicines-care-and-review\">learning resources<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Community Pharmacy Scotland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cps.scot\/core-2\/medicines-care-and-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Medicines Care Review\u00a0page<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NHS NSS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nss.nhs.scot\/pharmacy-services\/pharmacy-services\/find-out-more-about-medicines-care-review-mcr\/\">Medicines: Care and Review<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Serial Prescribing and Dispensing Videos (NES)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/343231653\">Part 1 Serial Prescriptions<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/343232598\">Part 2 Serial Prescribing Management<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/343233143\">Part 3 Message Awareness and Housekeeping<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Useful Documents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/media\/5214\/mcr-serial-script-tracker.docx\">Serial Script Tracker<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/media\/7278\/new-srx-request-tracker-for-cps.docx\">Serial Script Request Tracker<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/media\/6497\/mcr-stage-1-review-list-of-questions.docx\">MCR Stage 1 Medication Review &#8211; List of Questions<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/media\/7535\/patient-srx-date-reminder-card.docx\">Patient Collection Date Reminder Card<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last updated 11\/06\/25 EBR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">Service Specification Medicines: Care and Review (MCR) replaces the chronic medication service (CMS). The three components to MCR are: medication [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-54","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lothian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lothian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lothian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lothian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lothian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lothian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":851,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lothian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions\/851"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lothian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lothian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}