Project Description
Paul Bennett, Chief Executive, RPS
Pharmacists have a vital role to play in supporting people to self-care by enhancing access, choice and information for those wanting to care for themselves or their families.
This strategy aims to integrate the promotion of everyday wellbeing and the management of self-treatable and long-term conditions into the wider health system. Making the best use of the Community Pharmacy Consultation Service is part of this and we’d like to see community pharmacists enabled to refer people directly to colleagues in the multidisciplinary team.
Providing pharmacists with the access needed to populate patient care records would have huge impact on many levels across the system and make care both more holistic and safer
HEAR FROM OUR SUPPORTERS
Stephen Goundrey-Smith MRPharmS FFCI
Stephen speaks about community pharmacy and its role in self care.
Dr Sarah Jarvis GP
Dr Sarah Jarvis on how a self care strategy will help support appropriate use of valuable NHS resources.
Malcolm Harrison, CCA
Malcolm Harrison speaks about pharmacy's contribution to self care.
Dr Graham Jackson, NHS Clinical Commissioners
Graham chaired a series of meetings held to develop a clinical consensus on self care, from which this self care strategy blueprint was developed.
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