New Report Considers Role Of Pharmacy In Alcohol Misuse Services

Main Category: Pharmacy / Pharmacist
Also Included In: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs
Article Date: 09 Jul 2008 - 16:00 PDT

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The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain's Policy Development Unit has commissioned a report, titled Community pharmacy and alcohol-misuse services: a review of policy and practice, to assess the feasibility of community pharmacy-based services for alcohol misuse, and to identify how such services would fit with government alcohol policies in England, Scotland and Wales.

Eileen Neilson, Head of Policy Development, said: "Government strategies for pharmacy envisage a greater role for pharmacists in tackling the health consequences of alcohol misuse.

This report highlights examples of existing community pharmacy-based alcohol misuse services and suggests how community pharmacy can play a greater role in the provision of such services. I encourage anyone with an interest in the topic to read the report."

The full report will be available on the Society's website http://www.rpsgb.org as of the afternoon of 11 July.

Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain