Pharmacy self care projects already under way

摘要

"Supporting people with long term conditions to self-care"describes examples of good practice in self care support,including three pharmacy projects.The head of pharmacy at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital,together with rheumatology consultants and a rheumatology nurse practitioner,has developed guidelines for methotrexate therapy for patients with inflammatory arthritis.An education programme for patient self-administration of subcutaneous methotrexate and study days for all health professionals were also organised and the programme helped to address a number of safety issues around methotrexate therapy.