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Why patients don’t take their medicine, and what you can do about it
Nurses can tailor conversations with patients to boost individuals’ confidence in prescribed medicines and empower them to optimise their drug regimen
Nurses can tailor conversations with patients to boost individuals’ confidence in prescribed medicines and empower them to optimise their drug regimen
- Find out why patients are often unwilling or unable to stick to their prescribed drugs regimens
- Advice on how to spot non-adherence and what to do about it
- Tips on steps to take to improve patients’ understanding of how their medications work
Up to 50% of people do not take their medicines as prescribed, the World Health Organization estimates.
Between a third and a half of all medicines prescribed for long-term conditions are not taken as recommended according to guidance from the National
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