Rural and Remote Essential Medicines List (RREML)
The Rural and Remote Essential Medicines List (RREML) supports the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Medication Safety Standard, and related departmental guidelines and policy, to assist the management of a medicines inventory for Level 1 and 2 rural and remote facilities under the Clinical Services Capability Framework (CSCF) for public and licensed private health facilities v3.2 (2014).
The RREML aims to improve the quality and safety of care delivered to rural and remote Queenslanders by providing:
- a list of medications to manage most clinical presentations expected within Level 1 and 2 CSCF facilities in accordance relevant health management protocols and clinical care guidelines
- structure to support rural and remote clinicians and pharmacy staff to manage medicines inventories
- information about medicines availability to the Queensland Health rural and remote workforce and key stakeholders
- consistency of evidence-based practice to a mobile workforce promotes standardisation and benefits patient safety and quality outcomes
All medicines in the RREML are a subset of the Queensland Health formulary, the List of Approved Medicines (LAM) that are approved by the Queensland Health Medicines Advisory Committee (QHMAC)