Opportunities for pharmacy in delivery of NHS Improvement Plan
A new document that explains how the NHS and Department of Health will deliver the NHS Improvement Plan indicates that there is increasing support for pharmacy-based services, according to a member of the NHS health and social care leadership network.
Beth Taylor, principal pharmacist for Community Health London and South
East Specialist Pharmacy Services, said that pharmacists should be aware
of the direction being taken by the Government and the opportunities
that are being created through its policies on patient choice and a patient-centred
NHS. “There is a move away from a top-driven NHS with much
more local
decision-making,” she said.
Ms Taylor cited the example of emergency hormonal contraception provision
and the different options available for service delivery. “Pharmacy
is an important part of that menu and this thinking can be applied to
lots of other services,” she said.
Ms Taylor, who was previously a member of the NHS Modernisation Board,
is currently the only pharmacist on the newly created leadership network
but hopes other pharmacists will become involved as its role develops.
“Creating a patient-led NHS — delivering the NHS improvement
plan” is
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