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Minor ailments scheme agreed for Wales.The article reports on the announcement of the Welsh government regarding the development of a national community pharmacy minor ailments scheme across Wales.EBSCO_bspChemist & Druggist
It has been a successful few months for the minor ailments scheme started across three Northamptonshire primary care trusts - Northampton,Northamptonshire Heartlands,and Daventry and South Northamptonshire. The scheme,launched in May,is running in 20 pharmacies attached to 20 GP practices - six or sev...
So what is a minor ailment scheme? Patients are encouraged to consult the community pharmacist rather than the GP for a defined list of minor ailments. Patients who are registered with participating GP practices and are exempt from NHS prescription charges receive treatment from an agreed local fo...
tiontime.Theminorailmentswerepredefinedbyalistofconditions.Conditionswhich,bycertainpre-setcriteria,still neededadoctor’sprofessionaladvicewerereclassifiedas“nominorailment”.Results.Atotalof210consultationswere observed.Thepatients’meanagewas28years(range0–94).Cough,fever,sorethroat,upperrespiratorytract...
It states that the scheme, which was signed up by 600,000 patients, was used to treat common ailments in patients exempt from prescription charges. Charles Michie of Charles Michie Pharmacy infers that the scheme is a great idea because it is helpful to the public.Chapman...
Pharmacists' perspectives on the pharmacy first minor ailments scheme. IJPP 2008; 16: 73-80Pumtong S, Boardman HF, Anderson CW. Pharmacists' perspectives on the Pharmacy First Minor Ailements Scheme. Int J Pharm Pract. 2008; 16 (2):73–80. doi: 10.1211/ijpp.16.2.0004. [ Cross Ref ]...
An early evaluation of the use made by patients in Cheshire of the pharmacy minor ailments scheme and its costs and impact on patient care. IJPP 2009; 17 (S2): B59-60Davidson M, Bennett S, Cubbin I, Vickers S. An early evaluation of the use made by patients in...
Pharmacy first, a scheme in Derby for referring patients with minor ailments to see a pharmacist rather than a general practitioner, saved around 500 GP consultations a month. The scheme is the latest to demonstrate the benefits for patients and GPs of such services and comes as the merits of...
A cost minimisation of a National Minor Ailments Scheme in Community Pharmacies in Englanddoi:10.1136/bmj.c2298Navin S SewakBMJ