CPS MANIFESTO
The ECS takes core patient details from GP systems and sends them automatically to a central ECS store so that clinicians in emergency care and out of hours settings can access these details with the permission of the patient. It would be useful for Pharmacists to have access to ECS to allow improved patient care. It should be noted that NHS England accepted this principle of Pharmacist access to records and is now actively working on implementation.
Community Pharmacy professionals and premises are highly regulated as are other healthcare professionals so are bound by data protection/ confi dentiality etc. Pilot projects that enable access via a clinical portal have shown that Pharmacists can resolve medication issues without referral to in and OOH services.
3) The community Pharmacy should be viewed as an integral part of primary care with improved referral pathways to and from each setting including out of hours
Agree a national direct referral framework to and clinical handover
between Pharmacy and other services e.g. optometry and dentistry. This would support the work currently being tested by the Scottish Patient Safety Programme in primary care.
If the community pharmacy network is resourced to help alleviate the burden on other areas of the NHS, money will be saved for the NHS while supporting person-centred, safe and effective care in the most appropriate setting.
PREVENT
Build on the Public Health Service to facilitate healthy living for those with and without long term conditions
Community Pharmacy Scotland has identifi ed three public health areas that could be developed to meet this aim initially if resourced appropriately. They are: fl u vaccination, alcohol brief interventions and sexual health services.
1) Community Pharmacy Scotland NHS Flu Vaccine Service
The Infl uenza virus is prevalent in Scotland in the colder months and in a normal fl u season around 5%-10%
of the population can suffer from the virus. For otherwise healthy individuals infl uenza is unpleasant but usually a self-limiting disease which resolves after 2-7 days.
The risk of serious complications increases in children under-6 months, older people, those with underlying health conditions and pregnant women. Infl uenza when contracted during pregnancy may also be associated with perinatal mortality, prematurity and low birth weight4.
Infl uenza can spread rapidly particularly in closed communities. The timing, extent and severity of “fl u seasons” vary each year. The most effective way to prevent infection with the fl u virus is to use inactivated fl u virus vaccine. The World Health Organisation recommends that a target of 75% vaccination rates should be achieved in the groups identifi ed for administration. NHS Scotland has offered fl u vaccination services for many years for patients who are over-65 or deemed to be at risk from further complications if they contract the fl u virus.
THE NEED TO EXCEL IN THE DELIVERY OF CARE IS EMBEDDED IN THE SCOTTISH PHARMACY CONTRACT WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER AREAS OF THE UK. IT HAS POSITIONED COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS AS CLINICIANS AND PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTITIONERS, ENABLING PATIENT CENTRED, SAFE AND EFFECTIVE DELIVERY OF CARE FROM EVERY COMMUNITY PHARMACY.
“I'm selLing the phaRmacY, sO I waNt
meaSureD adViCe at eveRy sTeP.”
Simon, pharmacy owner, Wigan
Every deal is individual. We treat it that way.
To buy or sell a pharmacy, visit
christie.com or call 020 7227 0729
SCOTTISH PHARMACIST - 11
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56