Detailed process maps are being undertaken with the Pharmacy teams at the WGH, RGH, SJH and RIE. The anticipated benefits from improvement opportunities identified are:

• Reduction in the number of sites undertaking overlabelling and associated staff time released to clinical areas for direct patient pharmaceutical care

• Rationalisation and agreement of the number of product lines and variations produced

• Increase in batch production size and reduction in the frequency of batch productions for same line

• Optimal stock holding and turn over

• Reduction in the number of labelling errors

• Any associated financial benefits from the above

Process Map for Roodlands General Hospital

Process Map for the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh

Process Map for the Western General Hospital