Practice Pharmacists
Nicola Smyth (f)
Mark Briers (m)
Practice Pharmacists work with the wider practice team to improve the safety and quality of prescribing by focusing on the following areas:
- Management of prescribing systems within the GP practice
- Outcome focused face to face medication review
- Medicines reconciliation as patients transition from care settings
- NI Formulary implementation, in particular to improve antimicrobial prescribing
- Reduce prescribing expenditure
- Reduce variation in prescribing practice.