Developing a model for pharmaceutical palliative care in rural areas—experience from Scotland
Akram, Gazala and Corcoran, Emma Dunlop and MacRobbie, Alison and Harrington, Gill and Bennie, Marion (2017) Developing a model for pharmaceutical palliative care in rural areas—experience from Scotland. Pharmacy, 5 (1). 6. ISSN 2226-4787 (https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy5010006)
Preview |
Text.
Filename: Akram_etal_Pharmacy2017_model_for_pharmaceutical_palliative_care_in_rural.pdf
Final Published Version License: Download (1MB)| Preview |
Abstract
Palliative care is increasingly delivered in the community but access to medicines, particularly 'out of hours' remains problematic. This paper describes the experience of developing a model to deliver pharmaceutical palliative care in rural Scotland via the MacMillan Rural Palliative Care Pharmacist Practitioner (MRPP) project. The focus of the service was better integration of the MRPP into different care settings and professional teams, and to develop educational resources for the wider MDT including Care Home and Social Care staff on medicine related issues in palliative care. A variety of integration activities are reported in the paper with advice on how to achieve this. Similarly, many resources were developed, including bespoke training on pharmaceutical matters for Care Home staff. The experience allowed for a three step service and sustainability model for community pharmacy palliative care services to be developed. Moving through the steps, the key roles and responsibilities of the MRPP gradually shift towards the local Community Pharmacist(s), with the MRPP starting from a locality-based hands-on role to a wider supportive facilitating role for local champions. It is acknowledged that successful delivery of the model is dependent on alignment of resources, infrastructure and local community support.
ORCID iDs
Akram, Gazala ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3207-8091, Corcoran, Emma Dunlop ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0719-7614, MacRobbie, Alison, Harrington, Gill and Bennie, Marion ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4046-629X;-
-
Item type: Article ID code: 60058 Dates: DateEvent16 February 2017Published7 February 2017AcceptedSubjects: Medicine > Therapeutics. Pharmacology Department: Faculty of Science > Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
Strategic Research Themes > Health and WellbeingDepositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 03 Mar 2017 16:11 Last modified: 12 Dec 2024 05:08 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/60058