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This is the second in our short summer series of pharmacy-focussed podcasts. In this episode Ben talks to Duncan Petty who runs Prescribing Support Services, one of the largest suppliers of pharmacists to general practice. Duncan, who was one of the first clinical pharmacists to be employed in general practice, explains the prerequisites necessary for pharmacists to work well in general practice, the benefits they bring, how at-scale working impacts on them and how they can deliver prescribing savings. He also explains his vision for the future of primary care based pharmacy.

Show Notes

Duncan starts out as a hospital pharmacist (53secs)

Duncan is one of the first pharmacists to work in general practice (1min 44secs)

Duncan sets up Prescribing Support Services (2mins 05secs)

What Prescribing Support Services does (2mins 34secs)

Pharmacists working in general practice – how it works (3mins 41secs)

What makes it work well – the critical success factors (5mins 23secs)

The costs of indemnity for pharmacists (6mins 46secs)

The benefits of pharmacists in general practice (7mins 49secs)

How at-scale general practice impacts on pharmacists (9mins 22secs)

Pharmacists working from hubs versus those employed by a practice (10mins 59secs)

Setting up a hub (11mins 49secs)

Delivering prescribing savings (12mins 20secs)

Commercial sponsorship from pharma (13mins 59secs)

The relationship between community pharmacy and practices (14mins 54secs)

A vision for community pharmacy (16mins 07secs)

Pharmacists working together (17mins 43secs)

Finding out more (19mins)

Duncan’s business website is www.prescribingsupportservices.co.uk

The Primary Care Pharmacy Association website can be found here

The Optimed Healthcare site is available here