Time critical medication: hospital awareness kit
A collection of interactive posters, vibrant screensavers and social media graphics to help you to raise awareness of time critical Parkinson’s medication in your hospital.
- Inpatient care and medicines management
- Tools
- Doctor (Geriatrician)
- Doctor (Neurologist)
- Doctor (Other)
- Healthcare Assistant
- Nurse (other)
- Nurse (Parkinson's nurse)
- Occupational therapist
- Pharmacist
- Physiotherapist
- Psychiatrist
- Psychologist
- Speech and language therapist
Why do I need this kit?
Patients with Parkinson’s are at risk of significant harm if they don’t get their medication on time. Yet over half of people with Parkinson’s don’t get their medication on time, every time they're in hospital.
You can help improve patient safety by raising awareness about the importance of time critical medication in your hospital. This kit includes resources to help you empower your patients and colleagues to make sure medication is given on time, every time.
Hospital staff poster
Who’s it for? Hospital ward staff.
Inform staff that Parkinson’s medication is time critical. The QR codes give ward staff easy access to 3 practical guides to help them deliver medication on time every time:
- Time critical medications in Parkinson's: Nurse in charge and ward staff guide.
- Screening swallowing problems in Parkinson's: Nurse in charge and ward staff guide.
- Hospital pharmacy time critical Parkinson's medication guide.
Where to display: On the hospital wards.
Download a printable version of the hospital staff poster (PDF, 128KB).
Order the hospital staff poster for free from the Parkinson's UK shop.
Patient poster
Who’s it for? Patients and hospital staff in the emergency department or hospital wards.
Encourage patients to alert staff if they're on time critical medication and to bring all their medications into hospital with them.
Where to display: In the emergency department, on hospital wards, and in waiting areas.
Download a printable version of the patient poster (PDF, 116KB).
Order the patient poster for free from the Parkinson's UK shop.
Marketing pack
Who’s it for? All hospital staff.
All staff in hospitals should be made aware of time critical medication. These marketing materials are designed to increase awareness among hospital staff. The pack includes:
- screensavers
- PowerPoint slides for electronic screens (editable and non-editable versions)
- social media graphics (editable and non-editable versions)
Note that to use the editable version of the screen slide and social media graphic, you will need to open a free Canva account. You can find out about Canva here.
Helpful instructions are attached to each editable image so you can get the most from it for your hospital.
Where to display: Staff computer screens, electronic screens, and hospital social media accounts.
Download the marketing pack now and share it with your hospital communications team. Ask them to share the contents widely across your organisation.
We are monitoring downloads of the Time critical medication: hospital awareness kit. If you download it, you will be sent a short survey by email so you can tell us how you are using the kit, and whether we can give you any further support.
If you want any more information about this, or have difficulty in downloading any of the resources shown above, contact us at [email protected].
Related resources
Visit these pages for even more time critical medication information and resources: