The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 268 No 7196 p624-625
4 May 2002

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Pharmacists rate PIANA

Karen Rosenbloom and Dave Gerrett (Derby University) carried out a national postal survey of pharmacist perceptions of the five key areas for extended services, as defined in "Pharmacy in a New Age".

The 1,182 pharmacists, sampled from the 1999 Register of Pharmaceutical Chemists, rated the management of prescribed medicines as pharmacists' most important role and promoting healthy lifestyles the least important. All sectors of the profession agreed on medicines management, but community pharmacists were less likely than hospital pharmacists to see supporting other health care professionals as important. Conversely, community pharmacists considered health promotion more important than hospital pharmacists.