Pharmacy teams could visit community and faith groups to cut health inequalities, says Royal Pharmaceutical Society

摘要

Engaging with local community or faith groups can help pharmacy teams understand their local populations better, a strategy paper published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) says. ‘Tackling health inequalities: delivering accessible pharmaceutical care for everyone (https:/ /www.rpharms.com/Portals/0/RPS20Tackling20Health20Inequalities.pdf) ‘ , published on 11 January 2023, sets out how pharmacy teams can help deliver accessible pharmaceutical care for everyone in their community. As part of this, the paper says that pharmacists could study local demographic statistics and compare these to the people who use the pharmacy to see if any groups are missing. Pharmacy teams can then consider how they can reach people who are not currently accessing their services.