Services Database Supply of Palliative Care Medicines from a Community Pharmacy
Service ID
507551
Description
The aims of this service are to:
• Improve the access for patients/carers/nurses by fulfilling their need in a prompt manner with a reduction in the number of approaches they need to make in order to obtain their required Palliative Care medication.
• Ensure carers/relatives do not have to undergo long, time consuming journeys to obtain medication when the comfort of the patient and the time the carer/relative has with them is paramount.
Location of service
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly LPC
Commissioner
ICB
Method of commissioning
Source of funding
Service type
On demand availability of specialist drugs (palliative care)
Other organisations involved
Dates
Start date:
End date:
Status
Ongoing
Training
There are no specific educational requirements for pharmacists to be able to offer this service. However, it goes without saying, that in order to dispense any medicines pharmacists must be competent and knowledgeable about the medicines prescribed. To this end ensuring that pharmacists keep up to date with current issues relating to palliative care would be assumed and it may be pertinent to have this as a topic for CPD.
