How can pharmacy teams tackle health inequalities? This position paper from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society looks at the role pharmacy teams in all settings play in reaching underserved populations.
RPS Tackling Health Inequalities.pdf (rpharms.com)
Source: The King’s Fund
This toolkit supports cross-sector implementation of the NHS Discharge Medicines Service as an essential service in all NHS community pharmacies in England.
A NICE quality standard covering how community pharmacies can promote health and well-being. It describes high quality care in areas identified as priorities. To find out more click here.
The flowchart below outlines areas covered and associated recommendations.
This Cochrane Systematic Review found that additional support given by the pharmacist was no better at reducing people’s depression than their treatment as usual. The studies did show that people who received support from their pharmacy were more likely to take their antidepressants as prescribed.
Read the review here
