W4 Delivering a Healthier Wales

Question 1

Why is “Pharmacy: Delivering a Healthier Wales” so important?

Question 2

Which aspect of the pharmacy vision document are pharmacists involved with?

Answer 2

Enhancing patient care

Question 3

How will patients benefit from the implementation of this vision?

Answer 3

Improving access
Frees up other HCP to provide services
Improves safety for patients

Question 4

What’s the key to implementing the pharmacy vision?

Answer 4

Collaboration
Not traditional sector working in pharmacy
Integration within MDTs

Question 5

Describe 5 key actions that pharmacists will implement to improve the health and social care needs of patients in wales.

Question 6

List the 4 themes and their aligned key concepts of the future generations framework for service design

Answer 6

1. Enhancing patient experience
   -Starting from what people can do, not what they can’t and involving them in decision making as an equal partner.
2. Seamless pharmaceutical care
   -Delivering an integrated service with partners in the best interest of the people accessing the service.
3. Harnessing innovation and technology
   -Ensuring people can access the service they need, when they need it and only for as long as they need it.
4. Developing the pharmacy workforce. -Always learning, positively challenging and aiming to improve.

Question 7

List 5 of the principles that have been designed by the Welsh Pharmaceutical Committee to improve the health and wellbeing of the patients in Wales

Answer 7

1. We will increase access to pharmacy expertise and services to drive safety and quality of medicines use.
2. We will ensure medicines are supplied through pharmacy in a way that meets the changing needs of citizens, whilst improving access to regular advice and expertise.
3. We will ensure that people with the greatest needs have increased access to care from the pharmacy team.
4. We will streamline patient pathways to ensure timely access to care through direct referral between pharmacy and appropriate health, social care and third sector services.
5. We will increase our focus on health, wellbeing and prevention with all community pharmacies becoming health and wellbeing hubs, working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team within the primary care cluster.

Question 8

What is a Cluster Pharmacist?

Answer 8

They are responsible for multiple GP surgeries.

Question 9

Who is included in the Community Pharmacy team?

Answer 9

Registered Pharmacists, Registered Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacy Assistants

Question 10

What are NHS Wales core values? (5)

Answer 10

• Putting quality and safety above all else.
• Integrating improvement into everyday working and eliminating harm, variation and waste.
• Focusing on prevention, health improvement and inequality.
• Working in true partnerships with partners and organisations and with
  staff.
• Investing in staff.

Question 11

To achieve change and improvement, there will be an emphasis on: (4)

Answer 11

• Wellbeing
• Prevention
• Early intervention
• Use of technology

Question 12

Longer, Healthier and Happier Lives
by 2028, what services are aiming most and least used?

Answer 12

Most:
- Health, wellbeing and prevention
- Home based care and self management
Least:
- Hospital based care and treatment
- Local health and social care services

Question 13

By 2030, pharmacy services will be designed around patient needs

Answer 13

• Care will be delivered in local communities with
  pharmacy teams.
• Pharmacy teams will improve patient knowledge and use of their medicines, through co-production.
• Pharmacists will focus on optimising therapeutic outcomes.
• Pharmacy technicians will improve management and use of medicines.
• Pharmacy services will support equitable access to new medicines.