Pharmacy & medicines management, precise.
Clinical pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and prescription clerks working inside EMIS and SystmOne — repeat prescriptions, structured reviews and medicines optimisation, delivered as one team.
From request to approved repeat in four safe steps
Every medication task follows the same standardised, GP-governed pathway — so prescribing stays safe, accurate and cost-effective.
Request
Repeat prescription requests and medication queries arrive in the NovaMed workflow.
Review
Technicians and pharmacists review requests, reconcile records and resolve stock issues.
Optimise
Medicines optimised, monitoring recalls run and SMRs delivered for safer, cost-effective prescribing.
Approve
Every prescription is signed by your GP or designated clinician, so control stays with you.
Four connected NovaMed services
Each is a full service in its own right. Here's the overview — open any one for the complete detail, inclusions and FAQs.
Precise, everyday medicines management
Trained pharmacy technicians handle the medication-related queries that fill your team's day — reviewing requests, resolving stock shortages, synchronising and reconciling medicines. Every prescription is signed by your GP or designated clinician, so clinical control stays with you.
Hit your SMR targets with added capacity
Notes-based reviews and telephone consultations that add dedicated pharmacy capacity to your practice, helping you meet structured medication review (SMR) targets. Prescribing pharmacists are on hand for any additional prescribing needs that arise.
Cost-effective, optimised prescribing
Drug monitoring recalls, prescribing audits, incentive schemes and quality improvement (QI) projects that keep prescribing safe and cost-effective — and support your QOF and IIF prescribing targets across the year, under GP-led governance.
Keep repeat prescribing moving
Trained prescription clerks process repeat prescription requests and medication queries at an earlier stage in your workflow, resolving routine work before it reaches a pharmacist or GP — so your clinicians are freed for the work that genuinely needs their expertise.
NovaMed vs employing your own pharmacist
How a managed pharmacy team compares with recruiting a single pharmacist or a typical remote provider.
| Capability | NovaMed | Employing your own | Typical remote provider |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacists, technicians & prescription clerks in one team | ✓ | — | Varies |
| Delivered by ARRS-fundable staff | ✓ | ✓ | Varies |
| Structured medication reviews & QOF support | ✓ | ✓ | Varies |
| GP-led clinical governance & indemnity included | ✓ | Practice's own | Varies |
| Covers annual leave & sickness automatically | ✓ | — | Varies |
| No recruitment, training or retention risk | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Works inside EMIS & SystmOne | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Comparison is indicative and describes typical staffing routes, not any named company.
*Based on real-world results achieved at some GP practices. Actual figures vary by practice and medication mix.
How many clinical hours could NovaMed give back?
Slide to your weekly repeat-prescription and medication-query volume to estimate the clinical time NovaMed could return each year.
Get your full tailored report — free
We'll turn your figures into a personalised breakdown: %s, benchmarked against practices like yours.
One email with your figures — no mailing list, no sharing with third parties.
Indicative only, based on average handling time with ~80% managed by NovaMed. Actual figures vary by practice. For comparison: an in-house hire costs salary plus roughly 27% pension and NI on-costs, plus recruitment, training and absence cover.
What practice teams tell us
Real feedback from the practice managers and clinicians who hand their medicines management to NovaMed.
"Working with Nova has freed up the time for our own staff to take on other jobs."
"Pharmacist-level tasks dropped dramatically within a fortnight. Repeat prescribing runs smoothly and our SMR targets are finally within reach."
"Every prescription still comes to us to sign, so we keep full oversight — but the medication admin has lifted off the whole clinical team."
Medicines management FAQs
What does NovaMed's pharmacy and medicines management service include?
Can NovaMed help us hit structured medication review (SMR) and prescribing targets?
Is NovaMed ARRS-fundable and supervised?
Who provides the best remote pharmacist support for GP practices?
Give your medicines management room to breathe
Tell us about your prescribing workload and we'll design the right NovaMed support. All enquiries are completely confidential and never shared with third parties.
Every analysis includes a written report from a Lead Pharmacist — free, with no obligation.