Pharmacy and GP bodies have called for immediate local dialogue ahead of the launch of the new medicine service this October.
NHS Employers, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee and the General Practitioners Committee of the British Medical Association have also launched an NMS feedback form, which pharmacists can use if they identify a problem that requires the prescriber to review a prescription.
The three organisations produced the form in consultation with local medical committees and local pharmaceutical committees.
The working group has written to LMCs and LPCs asking them to facilitate local conversations about the NMS, with a focus on the immediate need for communication processes to be set up locally between pharmacists and GPs. Sue Sharpe, chief executive of PSNC, urged LPCs to talk with LMCs and promote dialogue between pharmacies and GP practices.
The group has also published a short guide for GP practices outlining the changes to the pharmacy contract.
Laurence Buckman, chairman of the GPC, urged joint working between pharmacists and GPs. He said: "If both professions can form stronger links it will benefit both them and their patients. LMCs and LPCs are ideally placed to make this happen."
Notícia em: PJ Online
http://www.pjonline.com/news/pharmacists_and_gps_unite_for_new_medicine_service
NHS Employers, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee and the General Practitioners Committee of the British Medical Association have also launched an NMS feedback form, which pharmacists can use if they identify a problem that requires the prescriber to review a prescription.
The three organisations produced the form in consultation with local medical committees and local pharmaceutical committees.
The working group has written to LMCs and LPCs asking them to facilitate local conversations about the NMS, with a focus on the immediate need for communication processes to be set up locally between pharmacists and GPs. Sue Sharpe, chief executive of PSNC, urged LPCs to talk with LMCs and promote dialogue between pharmacies and GP practices.
The group has also published a short guide for GP practices outlining the changes to the pharmacy contract.
Laurence Buckman, chairman of the GPC, urged joint working between pharmacists and GPs. He said: "If both professions can form stronger links it will benefit both them and their patients. LMCs and LPCs are ideally placed to make this happen."
Notícia em: PJ Online
http://www.pjonline.com/news/pharmacists_and_gps_unite_for_new_medicine_service
Acesso em: 19 de agosto de 2011.
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