CHI praises Hull for scheme to accredit pharmacies
Accreditation of community pharmacies in Hull has been praised by the Commission for Health Improvement as something the rest of the National Health Service can learn from.
CHI recently issued reports on Eastern Hull and West Hull primary care
trusts. Both PCTs, and two others, take part in a locally developed accreditation
scheme which covers 96 of the 116 pharmacies in the area. Pharmacies
are assessed against core areas of clinical governance and action plans
are produced following this. There are opportunities to progress to higher
levels of accreditation.
The Eastern Hull review found that the PCT had invested considerable
resources in developing community pharmacist support for general practitioners.
This support is valued by GPs, the report says. Pharmacist involvement
in a primary care specialist diabetes service is also highlighted.
In West Hull, CHI singled out for praise the involvement of community
pharmacies in schemes to support GPs, in providing nicotine replacement
therapy against vouchers, in supplying emergency
hormonal contraception under a patient group direction and in a minor
ailments scheme. |
