How to conduct an effective joint pain management consultation in a community pharmacy setting A guide to help community pharmacy team members effectively engage in conversations with patients about joint pain symptoms.… Supported content
Discussing the MMR vaccine with patients As outlined in Public Health England’s ‘UK Measles and Rubella elimination strategy’, MMR vaccination needs to improve to achieve and maintain elimination in line with recommendations from the World Health Organization. …
NICE must provide patient decision aids if the tools are to become part of routine practiceThe National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guideline NG5 — ‘Medicines optimisation: the safe and effective use of medicines to enable the best possible outcomes’ — sets recommendations around patient decision aids (PDAs) used in consultations in…
Web therapy: how pharmacists are leading the way on telehealth A solution developed to deliver clinical pharmacy services to remote dispensing GP practices in Scotland is being used as a model to expand telehealth services across the rest of NHS Highland. …
RPS Scotland poster campaign aims to get patients talking The Royal Pharmaceutical Society Scotland has launched a poster campaign encouraging patients to talk to pharmacists about their medicines.…
How pharmacists can encourage patient adherence to medicines This article outlines how community pharmacists can play an important role in medicines adherence, including examples of how to reinforce treatment.…
Patient-centred interventions for multimorbidity do not improve quality of life, study shows Patient-centred interventions to improve care of people with multiple chronic conditions do not improve quality of life or clinical outcomes, according to the findings of a UK study published in The Lancet.…
How to provide patients with the right information to make informed decisions A tailored approach can help pharmacists support patients to make better treatment choices, resulting in more successful outcomes.…
Medicines advice for patients observing a halal diet Nadia Bukhari summarises halal, haram, mushbooh and tayyib, and the factors healthcare professionals should consider when caring for Muslim patients who follow a halal diet.…
Tales and take-home lessons from general practice What’s in a story? Lessons for general practice, by David Orlans, Rodger Charlton & Samuel Finnikin…
