UKMi supports the safe, effective and efficient use of medicines by providing evidence-based medicines advice and information.

Medicines Information (MI) services are usually based within secondary care NHS Trusts and are provided primarily by pharmacists and pharmacy technicians with clinical expertise and particular skills in locating, assessing and interpreting information about medicines.

Some MI services have rebranded themselves as Medicines Advice (MA) services to better reflect the clinical advisory nature of their outputs, and currently both nomenclatures are in use.

For general enquiries either use the 'contact us' form or email contact@ukmi.org.uk. For clinical enquiries please use the contacts section to locate the appropriate service. Note this website is not aimed at patients, and any questions about your medicines should be taken to an appropriate healthcare professional who can contact the relevant UKMi service.

UKMi subgroups can be contacted directly using:

qrmg@ukmi.org.uk - Quality & Risk Management Group

wdwg@ukmi.org.uk - Workforce Development Working Group

tig@ukmi.org.uk - Technology & Innovation Group

comms@ukmi.org.uk - Communications Group

UKMi Position Statement on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Medicines Information (MI) or Medicines Advice Services

UKMi Position Statement on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by NHS professionals when answering medicine-related questions

UKMi infographic - Use of AI by NHS professionals

UKMi organise an annual conference for pharmacy professionals working in the field of MI. The annual event encourages networking, practice sharing and development.

 Go to UKMi conference.

Join our supportive network to keep up to date with all things UKMi, and link in with other healthcare professionals working in this sector. Applications are welcome from healthcare staff who have medicines information/advice as a component of their role. Please join as an individual using your personal work email address. An MI dept. email address can be used (if preferable for communications) but only for one individual (more than 1 person cannot register with the same email address).

UKMi produce a range of training material and run several training courses.

 Go to training.

UKMi produce a wide range of resources to help with running an MI service.

Go to resources.

Click on the following link for details of MI services in the UK.

 Go to UKMi Contacts.