Community pharmacy independent prescriber–led HRT reviews

We are pleased to announce that The Pharmaceutical Journal has published Community pharmacy independent prescriber–led HRT reviews showcasing the IP Pathfinder project in Sussex.

IP Pathfinder in Sussex enabled the Independent Prescribing Pharmacist at our Pathfinder Sites to take on ongoing reviews and prescribing for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) patients referred from their partnering GP surgeries.

This aims were to reduce GP appointments needed for HRT reviews – redirecting these to Community Pharmacy.

Therefore, patients could attend their local pathfinder site (participating community pharmacy) for their HRT review and, if they choose to, have their medicines  (changed or unchanged) dispensed and collected where they choose. 

For this initiative, the cohort  were women aged 45 and over receiving a repeat prescription of oral or transdermal hormone replacement therapy (HRT), registered at the partnering GP surgery.

Please read the article here.