{"id":2121,"date":"2022-08-30T10:46:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T10:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-care-record\/?p=2121"},"modified":"2022-08-30T10:47:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T10:47:04","slug":"pharmacies-and-the-dorset-care-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-care-record\/2022\/08\/30\/pharmacies-and-the-dorset-care-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Pharmacies and the Dorset Care Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Pharmaceutical Journal,\u00a0<\/em>the trade title for the pharmacy sector, has this week run a story on when will community pharmacies get access to patient records.<\/p>\n

In its article, it highlighted how Dorset Local Pharmaceutical Committee (Dorset LPC) was one of a handful or organisations in England, to have been given access:\u00a0\u201cA handful of local areas are leading the way \u2013 or making steady progress \u2013 on enabling pharmacy access to a share care records system, with LPC\u2019s telling the PJ that some pharmacies now \u201ccouldn\u2019t survive without it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amanda Moores, chief officer at Dorset LPC, which was one of the first areas in England to enable pharmacy access to the local shared care record, the Dorset Care Record, told the\u00a0PJ<\/em> progress towards pharmacy access had been \u201cslow\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been easier to get the smaller chains and the independents involved,\u201d she says. \u201cThere are huge challenges for the multiples \u2026 we have to remember they\u2019re having to deal with 40+ different shared care records,\u201d one for each ICS. But for those that do have access, Moores says, \u201cThey love it and they now use it every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of its most significant benefits is as part of the discharge medicines service,\u201d she says, referring to a service where a pharmacy staff member can check that any medicines awaiting collection are still appropriate for a patient after discharge from hospital. The information provided in shared care records about medicines given to patients after discharge \u201chas been one of the key areas\u201d for inclusion, she says.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, it\u2019s a huge issue and also, in terms of patient safety, it\u2019s probably one of the key areas where a difference can be made.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor a patient, if the pharmacist can access information from primary care, secondary care, the community mental health trust, social care and soon from drugs and alcohol services, \u201cit feels more joined up,\u201d Moores says.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhichever healthcare setting you attend, somebody has the ability to access a fuller picture.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are 70 accounts linking pharmacy staff members to the DCR.<\/p>\n