Medicine Use Reviews
Medicine Use Reviews
The Division of Social Research in Medicines and Health published a paper recently in Pharm World Sci
entitled:
Pharmacists' attitudes towards Medicines Use Reviews and factors affecting the numbers performed
Pharm World Sci 2008 DOI 10.1007 Latif A, Boardman H /s11096-008-9203-x
Lay summary
Medicines use reviews (MURs) are a recently introduced service provided by community pharmacists to patient taking multiple medicines. This study investigated pharmacists� attitudes to MURs and the factors which affect the number undertaken. Questionnaires were distributed to 280 community pharmacists and 167 (60%) responded. Almost all of the pharmacists agreed that MURs were an opportunity for pharmacists to use their professional skills in a new way and that they thought patients would benefit from the service. However, they reported concerns about GP attitudes to the service, substandard consultation rooms, and not having the time and support staff to provide the service properly. Pharmacists who were based in one place for their work, who had a suitable private area for the consultation and who worked longer hours performed more MURs. Gender, time since qualifying as a pharmacist, postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy and pharmacy size were not found to affect the number of MURs undertaken.
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