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An exploratory study of the patient experience of pharmacist supplementary prescribing in a secondary care mental health setting
- Source :
- Pharmacy Practice, Pharmacy Practice (Granada) v.13 n.2 2015, SciELO España. Revistas Científicas Españolas de Ciencias de la Salud, instname
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- JCFCorp SG PTE LTD, 2015.
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Abstract
- Background: Management of chronic disease has become an increasing challenge to the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. The introduction of supplementary prescribing was seen as a possible mechanism to address the needs of this patient group. Individuals with mental illness were considered particularly suitable for management in this way.\ud \ud Objective: To explore the views and experiences of patients with mental illness on being managed by a pharmacist supplementary prescriber in a secondary care outpatient setting.\ud \ud Methods: A study of patient experiences utilising semi-structured interviews and self-completion diaries was adopted. Eleven patients participated in the study. Data were analysed utilising code and retrieve, and content analysis respectively.\ud \ud Results: Patients valued the increased accessibility to, and continuity of, their prescriber compared with their experience of other healthcare professionals. Patients reported they were able to trust the pharmacist’s knowledge of medication, were provided with sufficient information regarding reasons for treatment and side effects, and felt that they had an active role in decisions concerning their healthcare.\ud \ud Conclusions: This exploratory study showed that patients had positive views of being managed by a supplementary prescriber. However, it should be noted that the number of participants was small. It is therefore important that further, more wide ranging research is conducted to evaluate pharmacist prescribing within mental health settings.
- Subjects :
- RM
medicine.medical_specialty
mesh:Great Britain
Exploratory research
Pharmacist
Pharmaceutical Science
Pharmacy
mesh:Attitude to Health
Pharmacists
Drug Prescriptions
Secondary care
Professional Role
Nursing
Patient experience
Health care
mesh:Drug Prescriptions
mesh:Professional Role
Medicine
mesh:Pharmacists
Original Research
business.industry
Mental Disorders
Great Britain
Mental illness
medicine.disease
Mental health
mesh:Mental Disorders
Content analysis
Family medicine
business
Attitude to Health
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18863655 and 1885642X
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pharmacy Practice
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9d43548cac6e902b52fbe596e59b69de