Pharmacist is made a partner in Devon GP dispensing practice
Wallingbrook Health Centre: new pharmacist partner |
A pharmacist has been made a partner in a rural doctors’ practice in Devon.
Karen Acott was made partner and practice pharmacist at Wallingbrook Health Centre in Chulmleigh, Devon, at the end of March. She is responsible
for developing medicines management services and ensuring the effectiveness
of the doctors’ dispensary service.
“I am delighted to be given such a unique opportunity to develop
the extended role of pharmacists in this forward thinking and innovative
practice,” said
Mrs Acott. “Being offered a partnership demonstrates the value
that the practice has placed on my future contribution.”
The practice’s senior partner, Chris Bowman, commented: “We
believe that having Karen as a pharmacist partner gives us a unique opportunity
to bring the benefits of a pharmacist’s skills to both the practice
and the patients.”
A new service for patients with chronic diseases is planned, along with
medication review clinics. These will be enhanced once Mrs Acott has
completed her training as a supplementary prescriber. “I aim to
develop a range of services locally that will focus on the patient partnership
in medicines use,” she
explained.
Mrs Acott was previously a pharmaceutical adviser at North Devon Primary
Care Trust, and has worked in both community and hospital pharmacy. |
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