Table 2.

Objective descriptions of type of medication review by pharmacists

Type*	Name of service	Possible intervention provided
2	Adherence review e.g. Medicines Use Review (MUR)	Addresses issues relating to a patients' medication taking behaviour, advice on medications use e.g. adverse effects, checking patients' technique and use of medication dosage forms e.g. inhalers, identify need for a change in dosage form.
3	Clinical medication review	Addresses issues relating to a patients' use of medication in the context of their clinical condition such as the appropriateness, effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and monitoring required to meet the patient's needs.
		The intervention must be face to face with the patient and it could be with or without full patients' clinical notes.
4	Clinical medication review and prescribing	As in type 3 but pharmacist had the ability to prescribe or adjust the medication dose (either in a supplementary or fully independent role)

^*For all types of medication review, the pharmacist should consider drug interactions, side effects, adherence to medications, lifestyle, non-medication interventions and unmet need.