Brendon worked in community pharmacy for 12 years and worked up to the level of advanced practitioner. He was a Macmillan information pharmacist and was able to provide many kinds of clinical services before joining the pilot.
He now works as a clinical pharmacist across five different GP practices and focuses on medicines optimisation through face-to-face reviews.
Download transcriptSteve has worked in both the hospital and university sectors over the last 25 years, but has now taken a senior clinical pharmacist post based at two GP practices in Dorset.
He has been an independent prescriber for ten years and his specialist interests include medication safety, diabetes and managing polypharmacy. His work mantra is simply that of Henry Ford’s: “Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain.”
Download transcriptNicky has over 20 years’ experience, mainly in secondary care. She progressed to clinical pharmacy lead and led medicines management developments within Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust.
For the past five years she has also provided prescribing support to a number of GP practices. In April 2016, she started working full time as a senior clinical pharmacist.
Download case studyShilpa worked as a community pharmacist since 1999. She specialised in sexual health and helped improve contraceptive services across pharmacies in Brighton over the last ten years.
She recently became an independent prescriber, which lead on to a change in career path and she is now working as a practice pharmacist in an innovative GP practice which combines wellbeing services from therapists with NHS GP services. Her role is developing and she is very excited to be at the forefront of the changes to the pharmacy profession and the new opportunities now available to pharmacists.
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