The Development of an Enhanced Palliative Care Pharmacy Service during the Initial COVID-19 Surge.
COVID-19
end-of-life care
palliative care
pharmacy
service development
Journal
Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)
ISSN: 2226-4787
Titre abrégé: Pharmacy (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101678532
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 Dec 2021
09 Dec 2021
Historique:
received:
21
10
2021
revised:
05
12
2021
accepted:
07
12
2021
entrez:
23
12
2021
pubmed:
24
12
2021
medline:
24
12
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The Northern Health and Social Care Trust developed an enhanced palliative care pharmacy service for acute inpatients within a large hospital in Northern Ireland during the initial COVID-19 surge. By training additional staff, there was an opportunity to increase service provision, utilising palliative care pharmacy skills to undertake activities such as the symptom management of patients, appropriate management of medicines, improved access to medicines, advice for other healthcare professionals, and supporting discharge from the hospital. The data collected showed a mean of 6.8 interventions per patient, and that, irrespective of the demand resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the palliative care pharmacy team had a role in improving the quality of care for palliative and end-of-life patients. Subsequent data analysis also demonstrated associated cost saving and the potential for the palliative care pharmacy team to reduce the length of stay at the hospital.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34941628
pii: pharmacy9040196
doi: 10.3390/pharmacy9040196
pmc: PMC8707779
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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