Project Description
Paul Bennett, Chief Executive, RPS
Pharmacists have a vital role to play in supporting people to self-care by enhancing access, choice and information for those wanting to care for themselves or their families.
This strategy aims to integrate the promotion of everyday wellbeing and the management of self-treatable and long-term conditions into the wider health system. Making the best use of the Community Pharmacy Consultation Service is part of this and we’d like to see community pharmacists enabled to refer people directly to colleagues in the multidisciplinary team.
Providing pharmacists with the access needed to populate patient care records would have huge impact on many levels across the system and make care both more holistic and safer
HEAR FROM OUR SUPPORTERS
Stephen Goundrey-Smith MRPharmS FFCI
Stephen speaks about community pharmacy and its role in self care.
Dr Graham Jackson, NHS Clinical Commissioners
Graham chaired a series of meetings held to develop a clinical consensus on self care, from which this self care strategy blueprint was developed.
Jonathan Ashworth, Shadow Health
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Jonathan Ashworth provided a video message in support of the blueprint for a self care strategy.
Neil Lister, PAGB President
PAGB's President explains why the consumer healthcare industry supports this strategy.
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