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14/10/2018 By Deborah Evans Leave a Comment

Pharmacy’s role in Public Health

This month in Pharmaceutical Field I highlight the important role community pharmacy plays in supporting the public's health. https://www.pharmafield.co.uk/opinion/at-the-heart-of-it-the-vital-role-of-pharmacies-in-community-health/ … [Read more...] about Pharmacy’s role in Public Health

Filed Under: Healthy Living Pharmacy News, Media, Pharmacy Complete News, Viewpoint Tagged With: Community pharmacy, Healthy Living Pharmacy, HLP, Public Health

01/10/2018 By Michael Holden Leave a Comment

Digital Healthcare

I recently listened to a presentation on the NHS's plans for Digital Healthcare. They are huge, comprehensive and integrated around a new NHS App. They will eventually touch everyone who is either a provider or user of healthcare services. Worryingly, when I asked the speaker about community pharmacy's place in that integrated system, she went blank then said "...not sure community pharmacy is my thing." Community pharmacy and digital healthcare is very much the focus of this year's Pharmacy … [Read more...] about Digital Healthcare

Filed Under: Viewpoint Tagged With: Digital, healthcare, Pharmacy

29/09/2018 By Michael Holden Leave a Comment

Quality Payment Scheme 2018/19

The criteria for the second half of the 2018/19 Quality Payment Scheme have been announced with some changes to both the Gateway and the Quality criteria. The review point for this period will be February 15, 2019. We are pleased to see that Healthy Living Pharmacy has been retained with an additional public health capability requirement for the pharmacy team to have completed child oral health training in advance of a planned health campaign on this important topic in 2019. In addition … [Read more...] about Quality Payment Scheme 2018/19

Filed Under: Healthy Living Pharmacy News, Viewpoint Tagged With: Health Champions, Healthy Living Pharmacy, HLP, Prevention, Public Health, QPS, Quality Criteria, Quality Payments

28/09/2018 By Deborah Evans Leave a Comment

Saving lives

A patient came into the pharmacy to thank me. Nothing unusual in that although infrequent, our customers are generally very grateful for the support we give them across a range of issues - their medicines, general health and wellbeing. On this occasion though, the thank you will be remembered for the rest of my career. The gentleman came in specifically to thank me for saving his father's life. I remembered him clearly - he had come in on a Saturday morning wanting to speak to the … [Read more...] about Saving lives

Filed Under: Viewpoint Tagged With: AKI, Communitypharmacy, HLP, Pharmacist, Pharmacy, Sepsis

22/09/2018 By Michael Holden Leave a Comment

Healthy Living Pharmacy and the NHS Ten Year Plan

It is excellent news that we now have 9436 (88%) pharmacies in England declared as Healthy Living Pharmacies, this represents an additional 5% on the November 2017 declaration. For these pharmacies the key will be ensuring that all the HLP criteria continue to be met in order to maintain the status and thus be able to promote the quality mark. Becoming an accredited HLP is just the beginning, its what HLPs then do differently, bigger and better that will define and differentiate them. This … [Read more...] about Healthy Living Pharmacy and the NHS Ten Year Plan

Filed Under: Healthy Living Pharmacy News, Viewpoint Tagged With: Community pharmacy, Health Champions, Healthier future, Healthy Living Pharmacy, HLP, Pharmacy, Public Health, QPS, Quality Criteria

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