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Excellence In Community Pharmacy


Jonathan Lloyd, The Health Centre Pharmacy, Carrickfergus, is presented with the award for Excellence in Community Pharmacy Practice from Arpita Pani VSL#3 Brand Leader and Peter Rice, UCA-NI Chair


THE HEALTH CENTRE PHARMACY Carrickfergus


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t is estimated that more than 16 per cent of older people over the age of 65 live with frailty in Northern Ireland and within Mid &


east Antrim (MeA) 68 per cent live with a long- term health condition which limits their day to day activities. The Health Centre Pharmacy Carrickfergus, in conjunction with the Mid & east Antrim Agewell Partnership (MeAPP) – as part of the IMPACTAgewell Project – applied for funding for four community pharmacists from Health Centre Pharmacy Carrickfergus to be trained by the Medicines Optimisation in Older People (MOOP) consultant pharmacist on how to apply the ‘Rockwood CFs’ to identify older people living with frailty noted as recoverable and how to manage their drug treatment.


The project aimed to address the needs of 24-30 older people and their carers around frailty,


isolation, low income, mental health and taking care of yourself and others. It was also intended that it would enhance the partnership between community/voluntary sector, community pharmacists and local GP practices within the Carrickfergus area.


The Health Centre Pharmacy Carrickfergus and MeAAP began promoting the programme to secure suitable older people, who had the option of being accompanied by their carers for a ten- week programme, which ran between March 2019 – June 2019 (Cohort 1) and september 2019 – December 2019 (Cohort 2).


sessions included discussions on social isolation, health literacy, housing, income, physical activity, mental health, carers support, medications, falls prevention, diet nutrition, transport etc.


The Health Centre Pharmacy Carrickfergus’ community pharmacists promoted the Healthy steps to Ageing project to suitable older people with whom they had engaged in the pharmacy. This was an exciting development as the pharmacists were able to actively engage the older people in conversation about their overall health, thereby developing a new relationship.


The project focused on a person-centred community development approach to health, which balanced the medical model with the social determinants of health and allowed each older person to individually explore the context of their loves and look for small but vital steps that they can take towards positive ageing in the future. Both cohorts commenced with a planning session, giving the older people a platform to talk to each other and gain insight from their lived


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