Pharmacy

Medicines are the most common treatments offered to patients in any NHS and clinical setting. A pharmacist is an expert in medicines and their use. They are supported by the wider pharmacy team members- Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacy Dispensers/Assistants. Their knowledge of medicines and the effect they have on the human body is critical for the successful management of every type of medical condition.

Medicines play a crucial role in maintaining health, preventing illness, managing chronic conditions and curing disease. In an era of significant economic, demographic and technological challenge it is crucial that patients get the best quality outcomes from medicines. At Practice Plus Group, the pharmacy teams work tirelessly to ensure patients within all settings achieve the highest quality of care through the medicines we use. The values of Pharmacy teams within PPG consist of Integrity, keeping patients at the heart of everything we do, practising using real word data and insight, being the experts within medicine, and ensuring excellence in safety and effectives of our practice.

At Practice Plus Group we have Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacy Dispensers and Assistants working in a broad range of settings from Hospitals within our Secondary Care settings, through to in Prisons and telephony centres within our Primary Care settings. This expansive array of clinical areas allows every member of the pharmacy team to have a rewarding and fulfilling career, with a focus at continuous quality improvement and developing knowledge and skills of our pharmacy team members. Our Pharmacy teams work closely across all our departments to ensure the best care for patients.

At Practice Plus Group our pharmacy teams ensure medicines optimisation is embedded into everyday practice. This is about ensuring that the right patients get the right choice of medicine, at the right time. By focusing on patients and their experiences, the goal is to help patients to: improve their outcomes; take their medicines correctly; avoid taking unnecessary medicines; reduce wastage of medicines; and improve medicines safety.

To empower patients and the public to make the most of medicines the pharmacy team at Practice Plus Group work towards the goal of clinical and pharmaceutical excellence.