All Outputs (44)

Antimicrobial use in UK long-term care facilities: Results of a point prevalence survey (2019)
Journal Article

Background: The majority of people in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are aged 65 years and older, and most of their care needs are provided by the LTCF staff. Provision of healthcare services for residents in LTCFs is variable and can result in di... Read More about Antimicrobial use in UK long-term care facilities: Results of a point prevalence survey.

Diabetes Screening Through Community Pharmacies in England: A Cost-Effectiveness Study (2019)
Journal Article

Community pharmacies are commonly used to screen for patients with diabetes. The aim of this paper is to estimate the cost per test and cost per appropriately referred patient from a pharmacy perspective using a one-year decision tree model. One-way... Read More about Diabetes Screening Through Community Pharmacies in England: A Cost-Effectiveness Study.

Making medications stick: improving medication adherence by highlighting the personal health costs of non-compliance (2019)
Journal Article

Poor compliance of prescription medication is an ongoing public health crisis. Nearly half of patients do not take their medication as prescribed, harming their own health while also increasing public health care costs. Despite these detrimental cons... Read More about Making medications stick: improving medication adherence by highlighting the personal health costs of non-compliance.

Antibiotic prescribing for residents in long-term-care facilities across the UK (2019)
Journal Article

Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major public health problem. Elderly residents in long-term-care facilities (LTCFs) are frequently prescribed antibiotics, particularly for urinary tract infections. Optimizing appropriate antibiotic us... Read More about Antibiotic prescribing for residents in long-term-care facilities across the UK.

The pharmacy care plan service: Evaluation and estimate of cost-effectiveness (2018)
Journal Article

Background: The UK Community Pharmacy Future group developed the Pharmacy Care Plan (PCP) service with a focus on patient activation, goal setting and therapy management. Objective: To estimate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the PCP... Read More about The pharmacy care plan service: Evaluation and estimate of cost-effectiveness.

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)
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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)
Journal Article

Demonstrating the patient benefit and value for the NHS of community pharmacy: Insight from the Community Pharmacy Future model (2017)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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.