All Outputs (39)

Qualitative study using interviews and focus groups to explore the current and potential for antimicrobial stewardship in community pharmacy informed by the Theoretical Domains Framework (2018)
Journal Article

Objectives Community pharmacists and their staff have the potential to contribute to antimicrobial stewardship (AMS). However, their barriers and opportunities are not well understood. The aim was to investigate the experiences and perceptions of com... Read More about Qualitative study using interviews and focus groups to explore the current and potential for antimicrobial stewardship in community pharmacy informed by the Theoretical Domains Framework.

Survivor perspectives on the role of the community pharmacist in breast cancer services (2018)
Journal Article

Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK. Due to advances in treatment and earlier diagnosis, people are surviving for longer and often require long-term medication. The increased demand for breast cancer-focused primary care ser... Read More about Survivor perspectives on the role of the community pharmacist in breast cancer services.

Potential roles for pharmacy within new models of care (2018)
Journal Article

Moving anticoagulation initiation and monitoring services into the community: Evaluation of the Brighton and hove community pharmacy service (2018)
Journal Article

Background: As part of the NHS desire to move services closer to where people live, and provide greater accessibility and convenience to patients, Brighton and Hove Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) underwent a review of their anticoagulation servic... Read More about Moving anticoagulation initiation and monitoring services into the community: Evaluation of the Brighton and hove community pharmacy service.

Travel health services provided through UK community pharmacies (2017)
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Demonstrating the patient benefit and value for the NHS of community pharmacy: Insight from the Community Pharmacy Future model (2017)
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In the face of funding and efficiency cuts to community pharmacy, the role of the sector is coming under increasing pressure. The importance of outcomes evidence (particularly health economic evidence) is being brought sharply into focus. The profess... Read More about Demonstrating the patient benefit and value for the NHS of community pharmacy: Insight from the Community Pharmacy Future model.

The UK Pharmacy Care Plan service: Description, recruitment and initial views on a new community pharmacy intervention (2017)
Journal Article

Introduction The UK government advocates person-centred healthcare which is ideal for supporting patients to make appropriate lifestyle choices and to address non-adherence. The Community Pharmacy Future group, a collaboration between community pharm... Read More about The UK Pharmacy Care Plan service: Description, recruitment and initial views on a new community pharmacy intervention.

Benefits of pharmacist-led flu vaccination services in community pharmacy (2016)
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Seasonal influenza is a major cause of excess winter deaths and increased hospital admissions. There is a high level of economic burden associated with the infection. Although vaccination targets have been set to tackle this international issue, many... Read More about Benefits of pharmacist-led flu vaccination services in community pharmacy.

Implementation of flu vaccination in community pharmacies: Understanding the barriers and enablers (2016)
Journal Article

Improving influenza vaccination coverage has been, and still remains a challenge internationally. There are now many examples where countries have pursued a pharmacist-led influenza vaccination service in order to enhance vaccination coverage of at-r... Read More about Implementation of flu vaccination in community pharmacies: Understanding the barriers and enablers.

A feasibility service evaluation of screening and treatment of group A streptococcal pharyngitis in community pharmacies (2016)
Journal Article

Objectives: The UK 5 year antimicrobial resistance strategy recognizes the role of point-of-care diagnostics to identify where antimicrobials are required, as well as to assess the appropriateness of the diagnosis and treatment. A sore throat test-an... Read More about A feasibility service evaluation of screening and treatment of group A streptococcal pharyngitis in community pharmacies.

Identification of patients with atrial fibrillation in UK community pharmacy: an evaluation of a new service (2016)
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Background Many patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) are asymptomatic and diagnosed via opportunistic screening. Community pharmacy has been advocated as a potential resource for opportunistic screening and lifestyle interventions. Objective The ob... Read More about Identification of patients with atrial fibrillation in UK community pharmacy: an evaluation of a new service.

Greater numbers provide an opportunity (2015)
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The four or more medicines (FOMM) support service: results from an evaluation of a new community pharmacy service aimed at over-65s (2015)
Journal Article

Objective: Inappropriate prescribing and nonadherence have a significant impact on hospital admissions and patient quality of life. The English government has identified that community pharmacy could make a significant contribution to reducing nonadh... Read More about The four or more medicines (FOMM) support service: results from an evaluation of a new community pharmacy service aimed at over-65s.

Community pharmacy type 2 diabetes risk assessment: Demographics and risk results (2015)
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Objectives To determine the demographics and risk results of patients accessing a community pharmacy diabetes risk assessment service. Method Participating patients underwent an assessment using a validated questionnaire to determine their 10-year ri... Read More about Community pharmacy type 2 diabetes risk assessment: Demographics and risk results.

An evaluation of a multi-site community pharmacy-based chronic obstructive pulmonary disease support service (2014)
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Objectives Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive chronic condition that can be effectively managed by smoking-cessation, optimising prescribed therapy and providing treatment to prevent chest infections from causing hospitalis... Read More about An evaluation of a multi-site community pharmacy-based chronic obstructive pulmonary disease support service.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease case finding by community pharmacists: A potential cost-effective public health intervention (2014)
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Objectives This study aims to pilot a community pharmacy chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) case finding service in England, estimating costs and effects. Methods Patients potentially at risk of COPD were screened with validated tools. Smok... Read More about Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease case finding by community pharmacists: A potential cost-effective public health intervention.

Potential Facilitators to the Implementation of the New Medicine Service in England (2012)
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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.

A study to investigate the extent of delivery of an intervention in asthma, in a UK national community pharmacy chain, using mystery customers (2005)
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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.