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.

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.