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Specialist pharmacist prescribing in dermatology

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Across the country, pharmacists are developing their professional competencies to move outside the dispensary and directly integrate with specialist teams. Within dermatology, the widespread use of high-cost and high-risk pharmacological interventions presents a range of opportunities for a pharmacist to contribute to safer, more cost-effective use of medicines. As well as using prescribing qualifications to take on clinical workloads, pharmacists can enact cost-saving changes to routine prescribing; improve clinical governance and use their expertise in medicines to effectively advocate for access to new or alternative treatment options, as well as demystify complex funding pathways.

Source: Future Healthcare Journal

DOI: 10.1016/j.fhj.2024.100213

Authors: William Price, Tanya Bleiker, Caroline Owen

Institutions: East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Language: English

Topic: Pharmacy and Medical Practices

Subfield: Pharmacology

Field: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,000