Clinical pharmacy services are needed for patients in community hospitals, respite and rehabilitation units and by specialist teams providing end-of-life care.
Clinical pharmacy services in CHS
Clinical pharmacy
services are needed for patients in community hospitals, respite and
rehabilitation units and by specialist teams providing end-of-life care. These
are similar to those in acute hospitals but often involve visiting sites that
do not have a pharmacy department. The pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
providing the service need to work with the multidisciplinary team to assess
ability to manage medicines after discharge and to encourage
self-administration to support independence. As in acute settings, medicines
reconciliation and communications across interfaces are essential for
consistency of care. The pharmacy team needs to be aware of the different ways
in which community hospitals may receive medical cover, for example by GPs,
hospital doctors or a mix of both.
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