Educational Podcasts and Videos Focusing on Community Pharmacy
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A Case Finding Hypertension Service
Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS) – Everything you need to know
Community Pharmacy – is the grass greener?
The Pharmacy–General Practice Interface: Working Better Together
A Case Finding Hypertension Service
Early detection of hypertension is vital and there is evidence that community pharmacy has a key role in detection and subsequent treatment of hypertension and CVD, improving outcomes and reducing the burden on GPs.
Debby Crockford, Chief Officer at Community Pharmacy South Central, introduces us to ‘ A Case Finding Hypertension Service’ which is an interplay between Primary Care and pharmacies. Debby explains how the service works and addresses potential concerns GPs may have.
Find out more here: https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/advanced-service-specification-nhs-community-pharmacy-hypertension-case-finding-advanced-service/
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Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS) – Everything you need to know
The NHS Community Pharmacist Consultation Service launched in October 2019 as an advanced service. Since 1st November 2020, general practices have been able to refer patients for a minor illness consultation via CPCS, once a local referral pathway has been agreed.
Carolyn Beale, Support & Implementation Manager from Community Pharmacy Swindon and Wiltshire joins Dr Laura Edwards, Medical Director at Wessex LMCs. Carolyn explains more about how the service works and the benefits for GPs.
Wessex GP CPCS Ref Sheet for Wessex Medical Committee updated 27.01.2022
For further info see https://cpe.org.uk/national-pharmacy-services/advanced-services/community-pharmacist-consultation-service/cpcs-resources-for-pharmacy-teams/
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Community Pharmacy – is the grass greener?
Our Joint CEO Dr Laura Edwards talks to Artur Pysz from Community Pharmacy Hampshire and Isle of Wight about understanding pharmacy a bit more and the current challenges they are facing in their sector. At a time where General Practice and community pharmacies are expected to work closer together listen in to learn about the balance of commercial and NHS work and how their sector is feeling.
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Pharmacy First Service
Laura Edwards and Sarah Cotton discuss Pharmacy First a new initiative that has been rolled out across the country. They discuss how the new service is going including what conditions are covered, the funding and some of the myths surrounding it. There are also some top tips of how to get the most from this service for your patients and what future developments there might be.
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The Pharmacy–General Practice Interface: Working Better Together
In this podcast, Dr Will Howard, Medical Director of Wessex LMCs, talks to Alison Freemantle from the Local Pharmacy Committee (LPC), about what’s really happening in community pharmacy and what it means for general practice. They explore the reality of Pharmacy First, the role of community pharmacy in managing minor illness, the pressures currently facing pharmacists and their teams, and some of the tensions that can arise between the two professions. Most importantly, they discuss how GPs and community pharmacists can work more closely and effectively together, and what we can do locally to make the interface between general practice and pharmacy work better for patients and for both professions.
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