Pharmacies in information prescription plan

摘要

Pharmacies are to be involved in two pilot schemes to test ways of improving the information patients receive about their illnesses and treatment.Steve Tomlin,children's services consultant pharmacist at Evelina Children's Hospital,London,said that staff would complete a pro-forma with parents and children at the hospital to identify their information needs and preferences.Details would then be sent electronically to NHS Direct,which would deliver the type of information requested according to the preferences expressed.Possibilities include post,e-mail and mobile telephone text messages.The same service is also to be piloted through one Boots,one Tesco and one Co-op community pharmacy.