An investigation into the number and nature of the urgent care consultations managed and referred by community pharmacists in South-East England.

CONCLUSION: Extrapolating findings across the study population (approximately 4.4 million) suggests that community pharmacists manage over 11 500 urgent care consultations per week, with 8050 managed independently. These prevent approximately 5400 other NHS encounters, while also meeting customer expectations and expert panel endorsement. PMID: 32122440 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32122440?dopt=Abstract

Source: Primary Care - March 2, 2020 Category: Primary Care Authors: Dodds L, Katusiime B, Shamim A, Fleming G, Thomas T Tags: Prim Health Care Res Dev Source Type: research