July 2007

Documents

Team building and why we must learn to value our teams (July 2007)

Summary This paper: Explains the importance of team building to all organisations Considers potential problems that may arise from recent PCT mergers Gives tips for team building success

Management Conundrum - Who is at fault? (July 2007)

The dispensary at the Metropolis NHS Trust has been exceptionally busy of late. Many of the pharmacy staff have remarked that workload has been steadily increasing and they feel under pressure. It...

Tracking the Patient Group Directions Development Process (July 2007)

Summary PGDs take much longer than expected to be developed and sometimes are never completed. This is a waste of organisational resources Tracking PGD development timescales can be straightforward...

Medicines Use Reviews (MURs) - Developing the Service (July 2007)

Summary This paper: describes the Local Pharmaceutical Committee%u2019s initial concerns leading to the recruitment of support to increase the number of MURs conducted outlines the development of...

Supplementary Prescriber (2007)

An interview with Ian Scott, a supplementary prescriber.

Growing changes in practice by being better sowers of knowledge (July 2007)

Summary This paper outlines: Educational sessions are often used in an attempt to produces changes in clinical practice A stand-alone educational "event" on a subject chosen by a Primary Care...