Making it Better - A Strategy for Pharmacy in the Community

Strategy for Pharmacy in the community

Making It Better - A Strategy for Pharmacy in the Community (PDF 233 KB)

A Strategy for Community Pharmacy (Consultation Paper)

Comprehensive Review of the Pharmacy Workforce (PDF 474 KB)

Final Report May 2001

Pharmacy Review Group Report

Pharmacy Review Group Report (PDF, 420KB) Indecon Assessment of the 1996 Pharmacy Regulations (PDF, 430KB) Indecon Review of Proposed Regulatory Models for the Pharmacy Sector (PDF, 400KB)  

Community Pharmacy Contractor Agreement for Provision of Community Pharmacy Services Under the Health Act 1970

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE IRISH PHARMACEUTICAL UNION IN RESPECT OF THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES UNDER THE HEALTH ACT, 1970 Read the memorandum  

Report of the Independent Body on Pharmacy Contract Pricing

Report of the Independent Body on Pharmacy Contract Pricing On 18 February 2008 the Minister for Health and Children announced the appointment of an Independent Body to recommend a new, interim community pharmacy dispensing fee for the General Medical Service (GMS), Drugs Payment Scheme (DPS) and other community drug schemes.The Terms of Reference for the Independent Body on Pharmacy Contract Pricing are as follows: â?oTo advise the Minister for Health and Children on the appropriate level of dispensing fee to be paid to community pharmacists for existing services provided under the GMS and community drug schemes having regard to: Click here to download PDF: 110kb

Orchard Pharmacy

Engaging the community through a health column in the local press under the direction of the Southern HSSB. Outcome: This ongoing project is working towards promoting health care in the wider community and enabling the general public to better understand the range of services offered by community pharmacy. The health column is publicised in the local press across the SHSSB area and has worked to increase people's awareness of health and has focused on local needs and information, linking in with national and local health promoting campaigns

Windsor Pharmacy - Valerie Addy

To date this project has underwent phase 1 and is undergoing the implementation of phase 2. The first phase aimed to make students aware of issues surrounding STIs and their health implications. In phase two, the project aims at determining the most appropriate means of disseminating information about sexually transmitted diseases.

Colin Community Area Pharmacy Partnership

This project has worked towards promoting positive mental health by integrating pharmacy services with other local support structures already in existence to support those experiencing mental health issues.

Belcoo Pharmacy

To promote the health and well-being amongst families in the rural and isolated community of Belcoo by focusing on the children, their health and the positive message they can bring to their families.

Frank McCaughan's Pharmacy - James McCaughan

McCaughan's pharmacy in this project will work with Rural Support to address the needs of farmers, identify causes of stress, improve their ability to manage stress and increase their access to services available to them. Infomation events will be held at the local mart and the pharmacist will be on hand to offer 1-1 support and signposting. An aspect of this project is to train up mart staff so to make it sustainable on a longer term basis.

Parkes Pharmacy

This is a level 3 project, the group have previously been funded twice at level 2. Gilford is a rurally isolated area with little community involvement. Previous projects have tried to connect the pharmacist into the local community and have had some success in doing so. The approach they will use in this project is a mix between 1-1 support but they will also recognise the importance of skilling up people and working with groups. It is hoped that after this project the pharmacy will become a meeting point for the community.

Briefing 15: Small area geography - MSOA vs Ward

In this briefing we compare and contrast different small areas, particularly in the context of their use for examining health inequalities.

La visite médicale en pratique hospitalière: entre soins et apprentissage [Conducting ward rounds: a balance between care and teaching].

Every day, hospital doctors spend time at conducting ward rounds. Rounds are a core clinical activity during which doctors interact with patients, synthetise a whole set of informations and make many decisions. In addition, rounds can become a crucial teaching moment, when a trainee gets supervised by an attending physician. However, litterature on the topic of rounds is scarce. This paper summarizes the results of the few key studies focusing on ward rounds. The results are presented in four sections, each one being dedicated to one of the round stakeholders: the trainee or resident, the trainer, the patient and the nurse. An emphasis is put on ward rounds involving both a trainee and a trainer, since such rounds always mean striking a balance between care and teaching.