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With the focus shifting back towards the normality of day to day working, primary care now has scope to reconsider the opportunities presented by the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme in building workforce capacity and to establish further transformative working practices. This week’s spotlight is on the role of the pharmacist and we are fortunate to be joined by the experienced and progressive Steve Williams, who is a Clinical Pharmacist and network lead in his area of expertise based at Westbourne Medical Centre in Dorset. Here, Steve explains how his role fits both at practice and at network level – and gives his advice on making the best use of pharmacy professionals, and the additional roles more broadly, in general practice.
Introductions (0:36)
Steve’s journey to becoming a PCN pharmacist (1:03)
Why a move into general practice? (2:33)
Steve describes the transition from secondary to primary care (3:15)
The key differences (3:44)
What was the practice’s initial reaction to taking on a pharmacist? (4:53)
Embedding new roles; advice on induction and adapting your structures (6:23)
Maximising the impact from a network perspective (7:18)
An opportunity for innovation (9:59)
The role of a pharmacy technician and the skills they can offer (10:50)
Future plans and further expansion (s12:17)
The influence of the DES on utilising new roles (13:50)
How will the role of the pharmacist develop further? (15:28)
Getting in touch (16:42)
Steve is contactable via email, Twitter and through Westbourne Medical Centre:
stevethechemist@onelesspill.com
https://www.westbournemedical.com/
The links for the supporting documents Steve references:
Link re “Practice to PCN role – A Pharmacist’s journey” presentation for Dorset CCG PCN Development Event on Understanding and establishing Clinical Pharmacy in PCNs 15th January 2020
Structured medication reviews research at WMC
Steve Williams, Lawrence D Brad. Impact of practice based clinical pharmacist led medication reviews on ambulatory patients with hyper polypharmacy. Br J Gen Pract 2018; 68 (suppl 1) https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp18X697097
Viewpoints on pharmacists in primary care published with GP Prescribing lead Dr Lawrence Brad
Williams SD, Hayes JM, Brad LD. Clinical pharmacists in general practice: a necessity not a luxury? British Journal of General Practice. Br J Gen Pract 2018; 68 (667): 85. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp18X694697
Useful documents / websites re pharmacy professionals working in primary care RPS Wales Multidisciplinary Teams (MDT) in General Practice
PRESQIPP
NHS funded not-for-profit organisation that supports quality, optimized prescribing for patients Virtual Professional Network for pharmacy starting April 2020 (membership required)
https://www.prescqipp.info/news/prescqipp-practice-plus/
Primary Care Pharmacy Association (PCPA)
https://www.pcpa.org.uk/ (membership required)
https://pcpa.org.uk/assets/documents/Guide-for-GPs-considering-employing-pharmacist.pdf
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