Michael Wilcock

Contributor

Head of the prescribing support unit at Pharmacy Department, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Truro.

Community pharmacy has a role in the safe transition of care for patients on anticoagulants

Analysis of data suggests that hospital patients prescribed anticoagulants benefit from support post-discharge.…

How COVID-19 affected pharmacy supply of antibiotics for uncomplicated urinary tract infections

Learnings from a community pharmacy patient group direction service for the management of suspected urinary tract infections, which identified prescribing patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic.…

Evaluation of a community pharmacy service for uncomplicated urinary tract infection

Results of an evalution of a community pharmacy service for uncomplicated urinary tract infection suggest that community pharmacists are able to respond under a patient group direction to urinary tract infection symptoms with appropriate use of nitrofurantoin.…

What do pharmacists think of MURs and do they change prescribed medication?

This study aims to evaluate the quantifiable difference of medicines use reviews (MURs) on GP prescribing for patients who have undergone such a review and to explore community pharmacists’ perceptions of MURs and their impact on patients.…

What do pharmacists think of peer review of medicine use reviews?

This article aims to explore pharmacists’ views of peer review as a means of improving the quality of medicines use reviews…

General practitioners’ perceptions of medicines use reviews by pharmacists

This article aims to explore GPs’ perceptions of community pharmacist-conducted medicines use reviews.…

Are there quantitative differences in the prescribing costs of dispensing and non-dispensing doctors?

This study aims to compare prescribing costs of non-dispensing and dispensing doctors, to ascertain significant differences in the use of specific categories of drugs and to identify other factors contributing to differences in overall prescribing costs.…

What do GPs think about joint formularies?

This article aims to ascertain the views of GPs in relation to their use of, and how they value, their local joint formulary.…