Clinical Pharmacists
What is a Clinical Pharmacist?
Clinical Pharmacists work directly as part of your GP team to make sure your medicines help you to get better and stay well. Having a Clinical Pharmacist in our GP team means the best person can treat you to meet your needs.
What can a pharmacist do for me?
- Review your medications.
- Agree and make chnges to your prescriptions.
- Provide advice on medications and possible side effects.
- Arrange blood tests.
- Carry out discharge reviews on any medications given after a stay in hospital.
- Advise on the use of medications during pregnancy and whilst breast feeding.
- Review your medications to manage long-term conditions such as asthma, diabetes, hypertension, and heart failure.
- Provide advice on self-help information on health concerns such as hay- fever, conjunctivitis, coughs, colds, fever and more.