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Why having a mentor is so important to pharmacists working in general practice
New general practice pharmacists can feel isolated, but mentorship can boost their resilience and the care they give patients, says clinical pharmacist Niketa Dass.
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How our pharmacy became the first in North Wales to write prescriptions for minor illnesses Subscription
Superintendent pharmacist Steffan John shares his experience of treading new ground in the launch of North Wales’ first acute minor illness service, led by independent prescribing pharmacists.
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How we introduced population health management to our hospital trust Subscription
University College London Hospitals Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is using its patients’ data to identify groups with similar characteristics and design new models of proactive care specifically for them.
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How a portfolio career like mine could give the pharmacy workforce a boost Subscription
Working across different settings not only gives job satisfaction, but also benefits patient care, says portfolio pharmacist Ailsa Sharrock.
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I'm proud of pharmacists taking the lead on World Patient Safety Day
Barry Jubraj from the Specialist Pharmacy Service was taken aback by the range of projects pharmacy teams across the country are working on to improve patient safety.
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Improving medicines safety as a volunteer pharmacist in Cambodia
In 2018, pharmacist Alda Hummelinck volunteered in Cambodia to help identify opportunities to improve medicines and patient safety.
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Reflective account example: a community pharmacist reflects on his communication skills
Do you feel confident in completing your reflective account? This example helps you understand what you need to include in your GPhC submission
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Peer discussion example: a locum's view on medicine safety and near misses
Have you completed your peer discussion? This example peer discussion will help you know what you need to record when completing your revalidation entry.
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Unplanned learning example: improving understanding of patient experience in acne
An example CPD entry from the perspective of a community pharmacist who has recently completed unplanned CPD on acne.
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Planned learning example: learning about endometriosis
An example CPD entry from the perspective of a community pharmacist who has recently completed planned CPD on endometriosis.
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Updating CPD modules to help improve learning
From September 2019, our CPD modules will be changing from ‘true or false’ questions to ‘single best answer’ questions.
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How UK pharmacy schools can learn from New Zealand to grow culturally competent pharmacists
Work to improve the inclusivity of healthcare for Māori people shows the importance of cultural competence in addressing differences in health outcomes, say pharmacists from New Zealand.
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What a primary care network pharmacist really does
Former community pharmacist Danny Bartlett has worked in his new local primary care network for a matter of months, but he is already making an impact on his patients.
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The career benefits of getting involved in a quality improvement project
Band 7 pharmacists Sarah Cahill and Sarah Browbank describe how their quality improvement work has helped them develop both professionally and personally.
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How our pharmacist-led anticoagulation service saves more than 500 bed days per year
Surgeries are sometimes cancelled because of problems with anticoagulation, but pharmacist-led bridging clinics can reduce the number of cancellations.
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Six ways to survive working as an on-call pharmacist
Top tips for keeping your cool while working on call.
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Adoption of closed loop medicines administration into the NHS
Samrina Bhatti describes how closed loop medicines administration can reduce medication error rates.
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Data-driven care: why pharmacy needs to get involved
Access to data will transform the NHS — it’s time pharmacists got to grips with clinical informatics, says Andrew Davies.
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Increasing attendance at post foundation pharmacist training sessions
Mike Hodgins and Frances Clymer describe how they overcame poor attendance at Sheffield Teach Hospitals pharmacy teaching sessions.
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How our remote prescribing service has improved care
We can transform care by embracing portfolio working and remote technologies, says Ade Williams.
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My role as an ambassador for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Newly registered pharmacist Fatema Mamdani describes why she applied to become a representative for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
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How we revolutionised care by giving everyone in our team an iPad
Claire Patel describes how Nottingham University Hospital pharmacy department took a leap into the world of health technology.
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Pharmacists: we can support people with alcohol issues
Brief interventions by community pharmacists — which require little time and no specialist training — can make a big difference to people with alcohol addiction, says Addaction pharmacy director Roz Gittins.
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The Darzi experience
Liz Butterfield, clinical lead for medicines optimisation at Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network, writes about her experience of sponsoring a Darzi Fellowship Project.
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Changing perceptions: how Canada's deprescribing network is tackling polypharmacy
As England prepares to launch its own deprescribing network, the director of a similar scheme in Canada explains what they have done over the past four years.
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Why the newly appointed GPhC board left me with more questions than answers
Elsy Gomez Campos questions the lack of black representation on the GPhC board.
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After the ballot result: what’s next for Boots and the PDAU
Now the Pharmacists’ Defence Association Union has won recognition for its representation, pharmacists employed by Boots can expect greater independence and support at work, says PDAU national officer Paul Day
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Why community pharmacists should undertake the Mary Seacole Programme
Ade Williams describes his experience of completing the Mary Seacole Programme
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The BBC has got it wrong: we are not 'GP substitutes'
Pharmacists in general practice provide invaluable expertise and do not exist just to ‘relieve pressure’ on GPs, says clinical pharmacist Tom Gregory.
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Ensuring value-based outcomes through medicines optimisation
Shazia Karsan describes the value pharmacists bring to integrated community networks in Croydon.
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Back to the drawing board: why pharmacists should embrace creativity in patient interactions
When almost half of patients are unable to understand health information, pharmacists should employ a creative and humanistic approach to discussing medicines with patients, says mental health pharmacist Nana Tomova.
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What we do as CPhO clinical fellows
Katherine Le Bosquet, Louisa Conlon and Adele Mott give an insight into their work as chief pharmaceutical officer fellows.
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Treating complex patients in their own homes is possible — we already do it
Improving patient care and making cost savings, the pharmacy homecare team provides much more than just a medicines delivery service, says advanced specialist pharmacist Rabiya Mansoor.
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We are already rethinking our training plans because of short-sighted cuts to preregistration funding
With nonsensical changes to preregistration pharmacist funding, we will struggle to train enough pharmacists to fill expanded roles of today, let alone of the future.
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Pioneering an independent medicines optimisation clinic in community, in India
Pharmacist Mansi Shah has developed the first independent community medicines optimisation service in India, but it has not been without its challenges.
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Meeting the learning needs of early-career community pharmacists in Northern Ireland
The Northern Ireland Centre for Pharmacy Learning and Development have a created a foundation programme specifically for community pharmacists.
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How working with podiatry students improved my learning as a pharmacy student
Pharmacy student Evelyn Andrews describes how shadowing students in a podiatry clinic has changed her perceptions of the role.
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Pharmacists on ethnicity, pay and career progression
Julia Robinson summarises the pertinent themes discussed during The Pharmaceutical Journal’s Twitter chat held on Wednesday 12 December 2018.
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A pharmacist’s journey from London to Doha
In 2017, pharmacist Amena Bhatti embarked on a journey to gain experience living in a foreign country while still practising within her specialist area of women and children’s health.