Mapping the resilience performance of community pharmacy to maintain patient safety during the Covid-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The first UK wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 placed unprecedented stress on community pharmacy. Various policies and initiatives were announced during this period to support community pharmacy to continue to perform in a manner that prioritised patient safety. However, little is understood about how these policies and initiatives were implemented by staff working in community pharmacy, and the system adaptions and responses that were initiated to maintain patient safety.

Objective

The study aimed to investigate how staff working in UK community pharmacy during the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 responded and adapted to system stressors to maintain patient safety.

Methods

We adopted a qualitative interview approach, underpinned by Resilie

SUBMITTER: Peat G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8762922 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature