Key information

Team name:   Medication Clinic Team
Clinical Lead: Heather Ware
Team email: MEDCH.medicationclinic@nhs.net
Team address: Wisdom Hospice, High bank, Rochester, Kent, ME1 2NU
Team phone: 0300 123 3444

About the team

The Medication Clinic team also know as the IV Team is a specialist community -based team. We supports non-house bound patients with medications via various routes, management of in-dwelling pleural and peritoneal drainage catheters and chemotherapy disconnection.

The team offers clinic appointments for:

  • Patients on intravenous antibiotics and injectable medications
  • Maintenance of long-term vascular access device such as peripherally inserted  central catheter (PICC), midlines, hickman line and portacath.
  • Blood-draw through PICC, Port-a-cath and Hickman line
  • Support patients with variety of drains including pleural and peritoneal catheter drainage (Pleurx and Rocket drain) and ambulatory drainage maintenance
  • Chemotherapy disconnection
  • Support for patient on symptom-control syringe drivers

The Medication Clinic team work closely with other healthcare professionals to support patients that requires the service.

Benefits of Service offered:

  • Reduced demand for hospital in-patients bed
  • Reduction in hospital acquired infections
  • Improved patient satisfaction and wellbeing
  • Support and facilitate early hospital discharge
  • Hospital avoidance
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Referral to the Medication Clinic Team

We accept referrals from GPs, Practice Nurses, Community Nurses, same day treatment centres, Emergency departments and other allied health professionals.

Patient can self-refer to the Medication team by calling 0300 123 3444 or by filling out this online form

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