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- Title
Medicines Optimisation for Respiratory Patients: The Establishment of a New Consultant Respiratory Pharmacist Role in Northern Ireland.
- Authors
Gormley, Cairine; Spargo, Maureen; Fleming, Glenda; Moore, Brendan; Scott, Michael; Sharkey, Rose; Friel, Anne
- Abstract
Medicines optimisation for those with respiratory conditions can have a significant impact on clinical outcomes and substantial efficiency gains for health care. Consultant pharmacists are experts working at the top of their specialism in four main pillars of practice, namely clinical care, leadership, education and training, and research and development. A consultant respiratory pharmacist has recently been appointed at a large Health and Social Care Trust in Northern Ireland to provide expert care and clinical leadership for the medicines optimisation agenda with regards to respiratory care in Northern Ireland. Alongside clinical practice, leadership, and service development, emphasis will be placed on monitoring and evaluating the work of the consultant respiratory pharmacist with a view to gathering the necessary evidence to support the case for further investment in such consultant pharmacist posts in the region. This short communication article outlines some of the clinical and economic factors associated with the decisions to invest in the consultant pharmacist model of care in Northern Ireland
- Subjects
NORTHERN Ireland; PHARMACISTS; CONSULTANTS; CLINICAL medicine; MEDICAL care; ECONOMIC impact; RESPIRATORY therapists; NURSING consultants
- Publication
Pharmacy, 2021, Vol 9, Issue 4, p177
- ISSN
2226-4787
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/pharmacy9040177