A NICE quality standard covering how community pharmacies can promote health and well-being. It describes high quality care in areas identified as priorities. To find out more click here.
The flowchart below outlines areas covered and associated recommendations.
This Cochrane Systematic Review found that additional support given by the pharmacist was no better at reducing people’s depression than their treatment as usual. The studies did show that people who received support from their pharmacy were more likely to take their antidepressants as prescribed.
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General Pharmaceutical Council guidance covering five key areas that pharmacist prescribers must consider in order to prescribe safe and effective. These are: taking responsibility for prescribing safely; keeping up to date and prescribing within their level of competence; working in partnership with other healthcare professionals and persons seeking care; prescribing
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Public Health England, March 2019
This document lists interventions that can be made by pharmacy teams, to help older people to lead more independent lives and improve their health.
The document includes interventions based around:
In addition to pharmacy teams, the guidance can be consulted by pharmaceutical and medical committees, local authorities, clinical commissioning groups and local NHS England teams.
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