Alison Moore

Freelance health journalist

Failing to deliver: the homecare services putting patients at risk

An investigation by The Pharmaceutical Journal has revealed hundreds of patient safety incidents caused by problematic homecare medicines services, leading to calls for improved regulation and overhauled delivery models.…

Meet the prescribers: pharmacists transforming care for patients

The number of pharmacist independent prescribers in Great Britain has increased by two-thirds over the past two years, reaching almost 15,000. In this collection of articles, we profile independent prescribers from across the three nations.…

‘We are trained to work safely and within certain parameters’

Dianne Sanderson, senior clinical pharmacist and dermatology pharmacist, Vernova Healthcare, Cheshire…

‘Pharmacists come into primary care to make a difference and prescribing is an important part of that toolkit’

Andy Christopherson, lead for prescribing and clinical pharmacy, East Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership…

‘Understand what the role is and be prepared to defend it’

Deborah Hollywood, clinical pharmacist, York Road Group Practice, Ellesmere Port…

‘It is about making the patient experience as streamlined as possible’

Lowri Haf Puw, community pharmacist with Ffeylleyr Llyn Cyf, Gwynedd…

‘It has just grown and multiplied … now the service could not run without our prescribing’

Owain Brooks, deputy regional lead renal pharmacist, Morriston Hospital, Swansea…

‘Go for it — it makes such a difference to patient care’

Lynne Merchant, site lead pharmacist in gastroenterology, St John’s Hospital, NHS Lothian…

‘I could not wait to get back into clinical pharmacy and seeing patients’

Kate Jenkins, practice pharmacist, The Practice of Health, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan…

‘We have to be more intelligent in our use of skills’

Ade Williams, superintendent pharmacist, Bedminster Pharmacy, Bristol…