Focus especially on those with multiple co-morbidities. Provide specialist expertise in the use of medicines while helping to address both the public health and social care needs of patients. Using audits and action planning to help tackle inequalities. Provide leadership on person-centred medicines optimisation.
Contribute to the General Practice quality and outcomes framework (QOF) and enhanced services. Use structured medication reviews to support patients to take their medications to get the best from them, reduce waste, and promote self-care. Contribute pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components (e.g., advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets).
Work with general practice teams to ensure that practices are compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved. Take a lead role in some aspects of supporting further integration of General Practice with other healthcare teams to help improve patient outcomes, ensure better access to healthcare, and help manage general practice workload. Develop relationships and work closely with other pharmacy professionals across Primary Care Networks and the wider health and social care system. Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols, clinical research with medicines, and liaison with specialist pharmacists and community pharmacists.
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