HealtH Matters 27
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Abbey Healthcare
where you come first
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PROFESSIONAL PHARMACY SER VICES
‘Patient care is your business
teenage parents
Pharmacy Support is ours
Teenage girls give birth to just over 2,500 babies annually in Ireland – about 3.5 per cent of all live births.
The importance of providing special support and information to teenagers and their birth partners is
Together we deliver excellence in both’
increasingly being recognised by health professionals.
t
he b4 u decide campaign encourages
teenagers to make healthy, responsible
• Simplifies and aids medication management using • Free systems training, and continous education by
decisions about relationships and sex. the
the Abbey Pouch dosage compliance system. the Clinical Pharmacist to support the nursing team.
campaign also provides information for
parents, teachers and youth workers.
• Dedicated Clinical Pharmacist to advise, support • Free same day delivery, 7 days a week for medication
In this feature we also highlight two
and provide the best professional service. changes and orders.
initiatives in Co louth designed to support
teenage parents – the Young Mums
• Dedicated Pharmaceutical Technician to assist in • Free pharmacy support 7 days a week, 364 days a
Programme and the Father Focus Project.
placing orders, manage stock levels and provide the year from our highly experienced team of professionals
best customer service. who have been servicing Irish nursing homes since 1996.
Before You DeciDe
• Regular patient medication reviews and systems audits • Free safe hygienic and easy to use dosage compliance aid.
the Hse Crisis Pregnancy Programme
undertaken by the Clinical Pharmacist to comply with
(formerly the Crisis Pregnancy Agency)
the HIQA standards for Medication Management. • Free Medication Administration Record (MAR) sheets
recently launched this new education and
provided for each patient to ensure accurate recording
information. Youth workers and people
• Improves dosage compliance. of medication administration.
working with young people and their families
will find www.b4udecide.ie a useful information
• Reduces error in drug administration. • Unwanted and expired medicines may be returned for
source on relationships and sexual health.
safe disposal in accordance with the provisions of the
the development of the initiative was
• Quality control checks in situ before medicine is Pharmacy Act 2007.
overseen by an Advisory group including;
administered to patient.
Janet Gaynor, HSE West; Frances
shearer, Department of education and
Science; Deiniol Jones, National Youth
Council of Ireland; Rita O’Reilly, Parentline;
enda saul, Hse Crisis Pregnancy
LOCATIONS: Unit 1 Pottery Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Programme; and Orla McGowan, HSE
Crisis Pregnancy Programme.
14 Uam Var Avenue, Bishopstown, Cork The website, www.b4udecide.ie has
attracted tens of thousands of visitors since
its launch. It contains information on the age
Enquiries:
of consent, contraception, STIs and crisis
pregnancy as well as quizzes, polls and
Tel: 01-2023336 Mobile: 087-6300984
interviews with young people discussing
geraldine.diamond@abbeyhealthcare.ie
subjects such as peer pressure and healthy
relationships. Visitors to the website can
also watch interviews with professionals
including Maire Morrisey, Project Manager, + Cliona Ni Chiosain, star of TG4’s ‘Aifric’ at the launch of the “b4udecide.ie” campaign.
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