The PDA headed by Mark Koziol is trying to push for healthcare workers other than those stated in the MHRA document on PGDs to be able to use PGDs. This make sense, especially for pharmacy technicians as now that there is a compulsory register with the GPhC which costs quite a bit they need to be able to offer services other than what a regular pharmacy assistant can offer. They need a USP so that they can justify their expenditure.
Showing posts with label Medicine Management for Patient Group Directions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Medicine Management for Patient Group Directions. Show all posts
Thursday, 1 August 2013
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
pgd travel clinic
To create a pgd travel clinic all you need to do is visit this Pharmacy PGD site. There is a package called Travel Core which enables pharmacies to create a travel clinic which is comparable to any travel clinic which a GP can create. Included PGDs:
Dip/tet/polio
Hep A + B
Rabies
Typhoid
MMR
Japanese Encephalitis
Cholera (Oral)
Meningitis,
Oral antimalarial - tablets: Malarone Doxycycline, Lariam
Adrenaline for anaphylaxis.
Dip/tet/polio
Hep A + B
Rabies
Typhoid
MMR
Japanese Encephalitis
Cholera (Oral)
Meningitis,
Oral antimalarial - tablets: Malarone Doxycycline, Lariam
Adrenaline for anaphylaxis.
Thursday, 7 June 2012
Medicine Management for Patient Group Directions
Medicines management refers to the way that medicines are selected, procured, delivered, prescribed, administered and reviewed to optimise the contribution that medicines make to producing informed and desired outcomes of patient care. In relation to PGDs this means the management of the entire process of how a PGD is developed and implemented. At PatientGroupDirection we make sure before a PGD is created that there is a need for it in community pharmacy for access to that medicine then we look at the feasibility of its implementation. Factors we look at are safety, the cost of the drug and the end user cost. Safety is weighted as the most important factor in this followed by profitability.
Pharmacists are excellent medicine managers so we do not interfere with procurement, however, we do take note of national shortages of medicines such as the Orlistat outage in 2012. In response to this and at the request of our pharmacists we have post poned the renewal dates on many of our Olistat PGDs. These subscriptions will recommence once the shortage of orlistat has been overcomed.
Pharmacists are excellent medicine managers so we do not interfere with procurement, however, we do take note of national shortages of medicines such as the Orlistat outage in 2012. In response to this and at the request of our pharmacists we have post poned the renewal dates on many of our Olistat PGDs. These subscriptions will recommence once the shortage of orlistat has been overcomed.
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