Background: The monitoring of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) through pharmacovigilance is vital to patient safety. Spontaneous reporting of ADRs is one method of pharmacovigilance, and in the UK this is undertaken through the Yellow Card Scheme (YC... Read More about Evaluation of patient reporting of adverse drug reactions to the UK ‘Yellow Card Scheme’: literature review, descriptive and qualitative analyses, and questionnaire surveys.
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A pharmacy-based private chlamydia screening programme: Results from the first 2 years of screening and treatment (2011)
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Objective A major UK Pharmacy chain private Chlamydia screening and treatment service began in October 2006. People pay for a screening kit, send off a urine sample, and are informed of their result directly. Treatment is accessed via the pharmacy ch... Read More about A pharmacy-based private chlamydia screening programme: Results from the first 2 years of screening and treatment.
The WHO UNESCO FIP Pharmacy Education Taskforce (2009)
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Academic and institutional capacity: a global issue (2008)
Journal Article
A study to investigate the extent of delivery of an intervention in asthma, in a UK national community pharmacy chain, using mystery customers (2005)
Journal Article
Objective: The objective of this study was to implement a brief intervention in asthma within a UK national pharmacy chain, and through the use of mystery customers, measure the extent of delivery of the intervention over a 4-month period. Methods: M... Read More about A study to investigate the extent of delivery of an intervention in asthma, in a UK national community pharmacy chain, using mystery customers.
Community pharmacists have always played a significant role in promoting, maintaining and improving the public’s health. Based at the heart of communities, they gain a unique understanding of the health needs of the communities they serve through dai... Read More about The contribution of community pharmacy to improving the public’s health. Report 3, An overview of evidence-base from 1990-2002 and recommendations for action.
The modernisation of the NHS has highlighted the Government's intent to improve the public’s access to health services, information on preventing ill health and support for self-care. Community pharmacies are in a strong position to contribute to... Read More about The contribution of community pharmacy to improving the public's health. Report 1, Evidence from the peer-reviewed literature 1990–2001.