Services Database Sheffield GP and Pharmacy Joint Working Project

The aim of the pilot was to facilitate a greater level of engagement between general practice and community pharmacy for the benefit of both professional groups and patients.

The objectives of the pilot were to:

• demonstrate the value of increased clinical engagement between general practice clinicians and the community pharmacist;
• support general practice prescribing with the provision of expertise from the community pharmacist;
• raise awareness with general practices of the clinical contribution the community pharmacist can offer;
• improve patient outcomes such as:
  • increased patient safety;
  • continuity of care; and
  • management of patients with long term conditions;
• redefine and improve the potential of the patient-pharmacist relationship; and
• support the best management and use of NHS resources such as reduction of waste.

This joint working pilot ran between December 2014 and April 2015; however, a bid for funding under the Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund was successful allowing roll out of the scheme across the city from October 2015, commissioned by Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group.

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