Managing medicines thru’ pharmaceutical care
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Speakers from many parts of the world gave their
perspectives on the practice of pharmaceutical care during the Fourth
International Symposium on Innovations in Pharmaceutical Care
Items in this report are from sessions
at the “Managing medicines thru’ pharmaceutical care” conference
which took place in Birmingham from 5–8 October. Sessions were organised
by the Young Pharmacists Group, the British Pharmaceutical Students
Association, the Institute of Pharmacy Management International,
the Primary Care Pharmacists Association and the Fourth International
Symposium on Innovation in Pharmaceutical Care.
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Pharmaceutical care: where we
are now Pharmaceutical care, what it is, as well as how and
in what setting it should be provided, has sparked an enormous amount
of debate around the world...[more]
Development of medicines management
in hospitals Medication errors alone cost the National Health
Service £500m a year in additional days spent in hospital, said
Michael Pollard, chief pharmacist and clinical director, Wrexham Maelor
Hospital, during the hospital pharmacy programme, on 8 October...[more]
Pharmacists
need to move towards a planned approach to learning Pharmacists
need to move towards a more planned approach to learning without ignoring
incidental learning, according to Claire Grout, Greater Manchester Workforce
Development Confederation...[more]
Medicines
management has nothing to do with medicines Medicines management
has nothing to do with medicines and everything to do with management,
according to Dr Darrin Baines, director, medM Ltd...[more]
Development
of medicines management in community pharmacy and how it is enshrined
in Government policy Opening his presentation on the medicines
management trial run by the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee,
Allen Tweedie, chairman of the pharmacy leadership committee on medicines
management, said that medicines management is now enshrined in Government
policy and it is time for pharmacists to move towards providing cognitive
services...[more]
Repeat
prescribing: ways to improve this necessary evil During the
primary care programme on 8 October, speakers addressed the pharmacists
role in medication review services and working within the primary health
care team to help coronary heart disease patients...[more]
Special offers, P medicines and reduced
fees Buy one get one free is a road to nowhere, David Mitchell,
commercial director of Johnson & Johnson MSD, said during a Young
Pharmacists Group question time session on 7 October...[more]
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