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Ask Your Pharmacist askyourpharmacist.co.uk

Ask Your Pharmacist www.askyourpharmacist.co.uk. A package of care, not just a packet of pills. Home to a uniquely accessible workforce of healthcare professionals. Every day, about 1.8 million people visit a pharmacy 84% of adults visit a pharmacy at least once a year

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Ask Your Pharmacist askyourpharmacist.co.uk

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  1. Ask Your Pharmacist www.askyourpharmacist.co.uk

  2. A package of care, not just a packet of pills

  3. Home to a uniquely accessible workforce of healthcare professionals • Every day, about 1.8 million people visit a pharmacy • 84% of adults visit a pharmacy at least once a year • 99% of the population can get to their local pharmacy within 20 minutes • People visit pharmacies x4 more frequently than they visit their GP

  4. All pharmacies in England provide these services: • Dispensing of Medicines • Repeat Dispensing • Waste Management • Signposting • Support for Self-Care • Clinical Governance

  5. Some pharmacies in England may also run the following services: • Medicine Use Reviews • New Medicine Service • Stop smoking • Weight management • Flu and pneumococcal vaccination • Test and treat for chlamydia • Health checks

  6. Services to help support people with long term conditions...

  7. The New Medicine Service (NMS) • Who is the service aimed at? • What does it involve? • How long will it take? • How can I access the service? • Do all pharmacies offer this service?

  8. Medicines Use Review • Who is this service aimed at? • What does the service involve? • How do I arrange an MUR? • Do all pharmacies offer the service?

  9. The pharmacy team...

  10. The Pharmacist Qualification Regulation All pharmacists must be registered with the regulator in order to practice Maintain registration – annual Operate within legal and ethical requirements Ongoing professional development • 4 year Master of Pharmacy degree course • 1 year pre-registration training • Registration exam to register as practicing pharmacist • 24 schools of pharmacy in UK

  11. Pharmacy support staff • Mandatory training and registration with GPhC • Pharmacy technicians • Accuracy checking technicians • Dispensers

  12. Why do pharmacy staff ask so many questions? Have you taken the medicine before? Are you taking any other medication? What are your symptoms? Who is the medicine for?

  13. Men’s Health

  14. More men than women admit that their understanding of medicines if poor (23.1% against 15.6% women) Men are twice as likely as women to take a new prescription medicine without first reading the patient information leaflet or seeking professional advice (10.9% of men against 5.1% of women) A third of men (31%) get their partner to collect their prescription medicines Men tend to rely on their female partners to stock the household medicines cabinet Nearly nine in 10 men (86% - check) say they don’t like to trouble a doctor or pharmacist unless they have a serious problem 37% of people – men and women worry about taking time off work to seek professional advice when they are ill A survey conducted by the National Pharmacy Association found... • More men admit that their understanding of medicines is poor • Men are twice as likely to take a new prescription medicine without first reading the patient information leaflet or seeking professional advice • A third of men get their partner to collect their prescription medicines • Men tend to rely on their female partners to stock the household medicines cabinet • Nearly nine in 10 men say they don’t like to trouble a doctor or pharmacist unless they have a serious problem

  15. Men – take more ownership of your medicines and wellbeing! • A face-to-face discussion with the pharmacist can be the key to safer and more effective medicines use. • Most pharmacists now have consultation areas, where you can talk with the pharmacist without being overheard. • Pharmacies are well placed to reach out to men, because they are generally accessible and information – you can just pop in without an appointment.

  16. How well do you know your medicines?

  17. Do you know the answers to the following questions? • Is it a good idea to give your body a medicines detox by occasionally stopping taking your regular medicines for a long term medical condition? • Is it ok to share any medicine that is not on prescription? • Can you give adult medication to a child, so long as the dosage is reduced? • Can the flu jab give you the flu? • Do medicines have expiry dates?

  18. Any questions?

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