Homecare

Pharmacy cuts could add to winter pressure, warns National Pharmacy Association

Government cuts to community pharmacy funding could significantly add to the winter pressures facing the NHS, according to a survey carried out by the National Pharmacy Association, a trade association for independent community pharmacies in the UK.…

Clinical care at home could cut acute trust deficit, report claims

Acute trusts could reduce their deficit and free capacity by carrying out more clinical care in the home, a report suggests.…

Pharmacy at home: service for frail older patients demonstrates medicines risk reduction and admission avoidance

The Exeter Cluster Pharmacy team is part of an integrated community health and social care service, providing domiciliary medicines optimisation to around 145,000 people.…

British wholesalers association relaunches as Healthcare Distribution Association UK

The British Association of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers has rebranded itself the Healthcare Distribution Association UK to reflect the evolving nature of the healthcare supply chain and the services provided by its members.…

Donepezil may delay nursing home admission in moderate to severe Alzheimer’s disease

Discontinuing donepezil in Alzheimer’s patients as their disease worsens could double the risk of admission into a nursing home within a year, suggests a study published in The Lancet Neurology.…

Homecare provider: bridging the gap between community and hospital pharmacy

A career in homecare enables pharmacist Tariq Atchia to work at the interface of community and hospital pharmacy.…

Oxygen therapy: emergency use and long term treatment

Emergency oxygen treatment is used two million times a year by ambulance services, and almost one in five hospital patients in the UK are being treated with oxygen at any one time.…

Healthcare at Home has further two months to tackle service problems

A home delivery medicine service with responsibility for more than 150,000 patients has been given another two months to get its house in order.…