Launch of guidance for clinical governance facilitators in Wales
Andrea Robinson (left) and executive member Mair Davies (centre),
with Powys LHB representatives Dr Gillian Todd, Jennifer Griffiths
and Councillor Rosemarie Harris |
A Welsh version of Royal Pharmaceutical Society guidance for clinical governance facilitators was launched at a reception hosted by the Society's Welsh Executive on 27 January in Brecon.
Entitled “Beyond the baseline: the role of clinical facilitators
working with community pharmacists in Wales”, the guidance is based
on a report published in July 2003 with an emphasis on the situation
in England. The new version is tailored to the Welsh context.
As well as offering support and guidance for clinical governance facilitators,
the document the recently developed clinical governance maturity matrix
for community pharmacy, which will be supported by an
all-Wales database.
Copies of the report, which was written by the Society’s clinical
governance pharmacist, Catherine Dewsbury, can be downloaded from the
Welsh Executive website.
Guests at the Brecon reception included representatives from Powys Local
Health Board, Merthyr LHB, the NHS Wales Business Services Centre and
local NHS trusts. Also present were members of the Society’s Powys
and Mid-Glamorgan branches, which co-hosted the event.
Welsh Executive chairman Andrea Robinson said that the reception provided
an excellent opportunity to highlight key areas where the Society can
support trusts and LHBs to meet their objectives.
She added: “Trusts and LHBs are currently being invited to submit
candidates for the supplementary training programme in Wales. We have
been describing some of the service delivery models that can be developed
using pharmacists as supplementary prescribers.”
Powys branch chairman Alan Screen, who is the pharmacist member of Powys
LHB, said: “This event shows how effective we can be when we join
forces to network with local politicians and decision-makers.” |
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