http://www.askaboutmedicines.orgen-gbMediaSterling ClickSimple™ http://www.askaboutmedicines.org/Homepage/Resources/Leaflets/default.aspx#214 These A5 targeted leaflets were developed to help cancer patients and carers ask relevant questions about treatment options and to encourage them to take an active part in decisions about treatment. There is also a companion booklet available from Cancerbackup called Getting the best from your cancer services. Click here for a printer friendly version of Ask About Your Cancer Medicines. ...Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:59:29 GMThttp://www.askaboutmedicines.org/Homepage/Resources/Leaflets/default.aspx#227 Our booklet, Ask About Your Diabetes Medicines contains questions that people might want to ask healthcare professionals involved in their treatment throughout their diagnosis and treatment path. Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:56:50 GMThttp://www.askaboutmedicines.org/Homepage/Resources/Reports/default.aspx#207 The Diabetes Information Jigsaw report, produced in association with the ABPI and Diabetes UK, investigates information access for people with diabetes. Launched in 2006, the report supports a new approach to providing information for people with diabetes including the use of personalised information prescriptions that focus on individual circumstances and locally available services. To download a copy of the full report please click here . Also a report for Wales is available please click here ...Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:45:40 GMThttp://www.askaboutmedicines.org/Homepage/Information_Directory/default.aspx#3 This is part of a booklet called Finding and Using Information about Health and Medicines. The booklet comes in three parts. The first part gives advice on how to find information about health and medicines, and how to decide if the information tells you what you need to know. The second part contains general information about medicines. Finally, there is a list of websites and phone numbers where you can go to get information about health and medicines (the Directory). You can search for websi ...Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:27:37 GMThttp://www.askaboutmedicines.org/Homepage/Resources/Practical_Tools/default.aspx#301 The Asking About Medicines As We Grow Up Lesson Pack (click the image for further details) The Asking About Medicines As We Grow Up Lesson Pack was produced with the support of the National Pharmacy Association and the Department of Health. It contains lesson plans and materials tailored for children and young people aged 5 - 14 years old (Key Stages 1 - 3) and complements the national curriculum. ...Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:19:01 GMThttp://www.askaboutmedicines.org/Homepage/Ask_Grants_/Ask_Grants_2007/default.aspx#326 Many patient groups, NHS and professional organisations and pharmaceutical companies lay on projects and special activities for Ask About Medicines Week. But the principles behind Ask About Medicines apply all year round, not just in the Week itself. To encourage partner organisations to extend existing Ask About Medicines initiatives, or develop new ones, were able to provide a second phase of Ask About Medicines Grants for 2007/08. Ask about Medicines awarded Ask Grants to ten projects. Organ ...Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:20:58 GMThttp://www.askaboutmedicines.org/Homepage/Ask_Grants_/ASK_Grants_2006/default.aspx#212 Ask About Medicines, in partnership with Merck Sharp and Dohme Limited (MSD), launched the ASK grants, designed to support organisations and partners to develop their Ask About Medicines activities. We received more than 40 entries from a variety of partners including PCTs, community pharmacists, hospital pharmacists, GPs,communityhealthcare services,voluntary sector organisations and residential homes. The quality of the entries and the plethora of innovative ideas to take forward Ask About Me ...Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:15:03 GMThttp://www.askaboutmedicines.org/Homepage/About_AAM/default.aspx#324 Six years of annual Ask About Medicines Week campaigns covering a range of important themes including choice, older people, children and mental health. The development of the online guide Finding and using information about health and medicines to help people find and judge the quality of information on medicines and health. Reaching the public through articles on Ask About Medicines in the News of The World, The Sun, The Times, BBC News and numerous local radio interviews over the years. Joint ...Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:00:48 GMThttp://www.askaboutmedicines.org/Homepage/Supporters/default.aspx#63 Ask About Medicines was designed to promote partnership and was itself based on principles of partnership and co-operation between organisations that subscribe to the values of Ask About Medicines. Some, but not all, of these organisations were able to offer funding as well as association with their name. To safeguard transparency and objectivity in decision-making, the Directors of AAMW Ltd adopted the following sponsorship policy. ...Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:32:12 GMThttp://www.askaboutmedicines.org/Homepage/Supporters/default.aspx#322 Ask About Medicines has been supported by a number of individuals, organisations and companies over the years. We would like to thank all our supporters for everything they have done, and continue to do, to promote informed choice in medicine-taking. At the beginning we set a five-year strategy declaring that our role was to be a catalyst for change, providing a focus for a broad partnership of organisations to work together towards a shared goal. The progress made in the past six years shows t ...Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:24:11 GMThttp://www.askaboutmedicines.org/Homepage/AAM_Weeks/AAMW_2005/default.aspx#174 Ask About Medicines Week is a good time to highlight safe use of medicines. Ask About Medicines supports the Department of Health in their aim to: Raise awareness amongst the general public of the importance of safe storage and possession of medicines in the home; Reduce the number of incidents causing adverse outcomes because of inappropriate storage; Ensure that all unwanted medicines are returned to a pharmacy for disposal; and Reduce risks to public health and to the environment resulting f ...Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:08:38 GMThttp://www.askaboutmedicines.org/Homepage/AAM_Weeks/AAMW_2005/default.aspx#2 The theme for the week will build on the core brand by emphasising a clear, central message of Ask. The key messages that will form the cornerstone of all communications reinforce the central theme of Ask. Ask About Medicines aims to encourage better communication between people and their healthcare professionals: Asking questions enables people to make better informed choices about taking medicines If people ask questions about medicines they are more likely to use them safely and effectively ...Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:05:34 GMThttp://www.askaboutmedicines.org/Homepage/Resources/Reports/default.aspx#66 To read the evaluation of Ask About Medicines Week 2003, click here Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:19:23 GMThttp://www.askaboutmedicines.org/Homepage/AAM_Weeks/default.aspx#223 Ask About Medicines Week is an annual week of events which has been running since 2003. The events themselves are led by individual partner organisations from PCOs, Hospital Pharmacies, Community Pharmacies and Voluntary Health Organisations. Each year the week centres around a different area of concern. To see details of previous weeks please click on the appropriate links or use the links in the left hand column. 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 ...Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:17:57 GMThttp://www.askaboutmedicines.org/Homepage/Resources/Partner_Activities/default.aspx#189 In December 2005 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) published a new leaflet entitled Taking Medicines some questions answers about side effects to help patients make informed decisions about their medicines. Click here to view leaflet ...Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:39:31 GMThttp://www.askaboutmedicines.org/Homepage/Resources/Partner_Activities/default.aspx#5 The National Society for Epilepsy has developed a new booklet designed for older patients newly diagnosed with epilepsy.25% of people diagnosed with epilepsy are aged 60 years or older and historically there has been little information designed specifically for these people. Click here to view booklet ...Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:38:31 GMThttp://www.askaboutmedicines.org/Homepage/Resources/Partner_Activities/default.aspx#158 CancerBACUP has put together a guide to help patients and their carers get the best from their chemotherapy and cancer medicines. Divided into three sections: Thinking about treatment, Choosing treatment and Taking treatment, this booklet contains a series of sample questions that patients can ask their healthcare team to better understand their treatment. Click here to view booklet ...Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:37:42 GMThttp://www.askaboutmedicines.org/Homepage/Resources/Posters/default.aspx#80 We also had the posters available to download in Welsh. Welsh Poster 1 Welsh Poster 2 Welsh Poster 3 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:36:40 GMThttp://www.askaboutmedicines.org/Homepage/Resources/Posters/default.aspx#300 For each of the Ask About Medicines Week we had posters available to download from our website and use for partners campaigns. You can download a poster by clicking on its image. Please note the second poster would print equally well in black and white if you do not have access to a colour printer . ...Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:34:11 GMThttp://www.askaboutmedicines.org/Homepage/Resources/Leaflets/default.aspx#175 The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain published the leaflet, Ask About Sexual Health, as part of an awareness campaign to coincide with 2005 Ask About Medicines Week. T he leaflet, highlighting the important role that pharmacists play in promoting safe sex is available to download. Click here to download the leaflet. ...Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:30:31 GMT