Practice-based pharmacists: considerations for general practices

Bartlett, Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6958-0910 2023. Practice-based pharmacists: considerations for general practices. British Journal of General Practice 73 (731) , pp. 249-250. 10.3399/bjgp23X732909

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Abstract

Reports of rising pressures on general practice surgeries are becoming all too familiar. Our population is growing, and consequently GPs face increasing patient numbers and appointment requests.1 Not only are we a growing population but an ageing one, presenting increasing levels of chronic conditions, medication complexity, and polypharmacy.2 As society’s demand on health care continues to rise, general practices are increasingly struggling to keep pace. In such a landscape, we would hope to see a comparable rise in the recruitment of GPs, but unfortunately, in the UK, both recruitment and retention of GPs in the NHS are falling short and we have witnessed an ongoing downward trend since 2015.1 Poor job satisfaction stemming from increasing workload, burnout, and lack of support are driving GPs to bring forward their plans to leave general practice.3 Unsurprisingly, GPs are not alone in their discontent, and patient satisfaction with services have slumped.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) Cardiff Unit for Research and Evaluation in Medical and Dental Education (CUREMeDE)
Publisher:	Royal College of General Practitioners
ISSN:	0960-1643
Funders:	Cardiff University
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 May 2023
Date of Acceptance:	4 May 2023
Last Modified:	30 May 2023 10:14
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/159993

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