Clinical pharmacists in primary care general practices: evaluation of current workforce and their distribution.

ABSTRACT:

Background

General practices in primary care across England are increasingly employing clinical pharmacists to help tackle the workforce crisis and alleviate pressure. Clinical pharmacists can provide administrative and clinical duties, including non-medical prescribing, advice on polypharmacy and medicines optimisation. The aim of this study was to investigate the distribution of clinical pharmacists in general practice across England, and explore the relationship between the distribution and regional demography.

Methods

This study used publicly available government database from various sources pertaining to primary care general practice workforce and population demographics of England. The number and distribution of pharmacists working within general practices in England

SUBMITTER: Chopra E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9733025 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature