NHS action on time critical medication: interactive map
More than 100 NHS organisations have pledged and are working to improve the delivery of time critical Parkinson's medication. Find out more about their work and how you can join them.
- Care strategies
- Inpatient care and medicines management
- Service improvement
- Treatments and medication
- Tools
- Doctor (Geriatrician)
- Doctor (Neurologist)
- Doctor (Other)
- Nurse (other)
- Nurse (Parkinson's nurse)
- Complex
- End of life
- Maintenance
Is your NHS organisation taking action on time critical Parkinson’s medication?
On World Parkinson's Day 2022, the NHS Professionals - Living and working with Parkinson's group launched a major time critical medication campaign, supported by Parkinson's UK. The campaign asked NHS chief executives to consider the importance of people with Parkinson's getting their Parkinson's medication on time, every time, in hospital.
Since the campaign launch, over 100 chief executives of acute healthcare trusts and boards, regional ambulance services, and chief nursing officers across all 4 nations have pledged their support on behalf of their organisations to administer time critical medication on time. Find out more about the campaign.
The map below shows the NHS organisations that have pledged their support. A number of these organisations have taken the next step and are now actively benchmarking against the 10 recommendations for hospitals.
Read the Time critical medication: 10 recommendations for your hospital.
Improving the delivery of time critical medication for patients is complex and there is no quick fix. We encourage organisations to benchmark against the 10 recommendations for hospitals to drive action and measurable improvement.
How to use the map
Click or tap the icons on the map to see the organisation's name, their pledge stage, and a description of their pledge.
If your local NHS organisation is not listed on the map then we have no record of a pledge from the chief executive. Contact your chief executive and ask them to pledge.
How to pledge to improve delivery of time critical medication: information for NHS chief executives
If you are a chief executive read on to find out about pledging, benchmarking and support for your organisation.
Pledge today
Please join over 100 senior leaders taking action on this patient safety issue.
Contact [email protected] to pledge and find out how we can support your organisation to take action on time critical Parkinson’s medication.
By pledging your support you can:
- avoid patient harm
- commit to improve patient safety and the patient experience
- reassure your patients
- show that your organisation is taking action on this patient safety issue
- support patients with Parkinson’s, the fastest growing neurological condition in the world.
Once you’ve pledged
We'll celebrate your pledge by adding your organisation to the map and include you in communications about the campaign.
Once you've pledged you'll get an email with a simple benchmarking template to complete and return. We'll then be in touch with information about how we can support you to meet the 10 recommendations and benchmark against them.
Read the Time critical medication: 10 recommendations for your hospital.
Benchmarking where your organisation is now against these 10 recommendations will help you to develop an action plan and deliver measurable improvement for your patients. It’s a positive step which captures the work you’re already doing and demonstrates that your organisation is taking action on this issue which is growing in support. For example, NHS England (NHSE) has launched a Medicines Safety Improvement Programme to address time critical medication. Read about the NHSE programme.
The NHS professionals behind this campaign
In 2022 the NHS Professionals - Living and working with Parkinson's group launched a major time critical medication campaign with the support of Parkinson's UK.
The group released a short video on social media called ‘Time Matters: It’s Critical’ explaining the importance of getting the medication on time, every time, from a patient perspective.
Members of the group then contacted hospital chief executives and NHS executives across the UK, asking them to watch the video and to personally pledge support for the campaign on behalf of their organisation. The campaign was given a further boost by Parkinson's UK with its inclusion in World Parkinson's Day 2022.
Since then the number of NHS organisations taking the pledge has continued to grow.
Watch the NHS Professionals' ‘Time Matters: It’s Critical’ film that inspired the pledges on Vimeo.