The Evening Times ran an article about figures in a new report showing that women from Lanarkshire experience higher-than-average rates of stillbirth and neonatal deaths than other parts of Scotland. The region recorded the second-highest rate in Scotland with 6.42 deaths per 1,000 births. However it is worth noting that the figure of 7,096 Lanarkshire resident […]
Pharmacy team scoops award
NHS Lanarkshire has won an award for a pioneering initiative involving pharmacists in care homes.
The project, led by NHS Lanarkshire Care Homes Pharmacy Service, won the Innovation & Change in Pharmacy Practice category at the Scottish Pharmacist Awards.
Care homes pharmacist Francesca Aaen said: “We’re delighted to win the award and to receive recognition from the Scottish pharmacy profession for this model of care.”
The initiative has seen two community pharmacists focusing on prescribing for residents in four care homes in Coatbridge and Hamilton.
Francesca added: “Most care homes in Lanarkshire are linked to a local GP practice which visits regularly to review prescribing for residents. We have focused on the small number of homes that don’t have that arrangement and have piloted a pharmacist prescriber service in four of them.
“The pharmacists can prescribe medication, meaning they can review current treatment and make changes without needing going back to the GP to take action.”
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