Examples of service innovations extending pharmacists palliative care role
| Community pharmacy service | Brief details of the intervention |
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| MacMillan Rural Palliative Care Pharmacist Practitioner (MRPP) project (Akram et al., 2017) |
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| Community pharmacist medicines optimisation service for patients with advanced cancer pain (Edwards et al., 2019) |
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| Community pharmacy service | Brief details of the intervention |
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| MacMillan Rural Palliative Care Pharmacist Practitioner (MRPP) project ( | Better professional integration of the MRPP in different care settings and teams and promote awareness of the clinical skill set of pharmacists Development of medicine related educational resources for other health and social care professionals Point of contact for advice on sourcing medicines Bespoke training on pharmaceutical matters for care home staff |
| Community pharmacist medicines optimisation service for patients with advanced cancer pain ( | Delivery of one patient-pharmacist face-to-face or two telephone “medicines optimisation” consultation(s) (∼20–30 min) Format of the consultation was based on the community pharmacy Medicine Use Review (MUR)/New Medicine Service (NMS) Advice to manage medicine-related problems Signposting and referral to other healthcare professionals when needed |
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