Exploring the General Practitioner–pharmacist relationship in the community setting in Ireland

Abstract

This study identifies a clear difference of opinion on the extension of the role of the community pharmacist and recognises problems in communication between the professions. This comes on the background of continued calls from the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland for an extension of pharmacist roles and continued opposition from the Irish Medical Organisation to such moves. This study highlights the need for increased dialogue between representative organisations and a commitment for professional agendas to be set aside in the best interests of patients.

Stakeholders' views and experiences of pharmacist prescribing: a systematic review

“…Respondents in several studies noted the need for the pharmacist prescribers to have undertaken additional training, after a physician's diagnosis, and that prescribing should be from a restricted list of medicines . c.Pharmacists: Pharmacists themselves were generally supportive of a prescribing role, which they perceived as a logical development given their expertise in medicines, their existing over‐the‐counter prescribing‐related activities, and their increasingly evolving clinical roles as part of the multidisciplinary team in secondary care. Moreover, they anticipated that outcomes would include quicker and easier patient access to medicines, promoting better use of their skills with resultant enhanced status, as well as increased job satisfaction . There was agreement that they required additional training prior to assuming a prescribing role .…”

“…Most of the included studies were conducted in the UK (n = 34, 52%) [21-31, 33-35, 37, 40-44, 59-69, 71, 73, 80], followed by Australia (n = 13, 20%) [18, 45-48, 51, 54, 55, 74, 77, 79, 81, 82], Canada (n = 6, 9%) [32,36,49,58,70,76], USA (n = 5, 8%) [19,20,38,39,72], Nigeria (n = 4, 6%) [50,52,56,78], and one each for Ireland [53], India [57] and New Zealand [75].…”

Factors influencing interprofessional collaboration between community pharmacists and general practitioners—A systematic review

“…Professional boundaries were commonly identified as impeding collaboration between GPs and CPs (Bradley et al., ; Dey, de Vries, & Bosnic‐Anticevich, ; Dinnie, Bond, & Watson, ; Howard et al., ; Hughes & McCann, ; Kelly et al., ; Lalonde et al., ; Laubscher, Evans, Blackburn, Taylor, & McKay, ; Legault et al., ; Löffler et al., ; Maidment et al., ; Moore, Kennedy, & McCarthy, ; Pojskic et al., ; Pottie et al., ; Rieck & Pettigrew, ; Rieck, ; Rubio‐Valera et al., ; Sake, Wong, Bartlett, & Saini, ; Saw et al., ; Tan, Stewart, Elliott, & George, , ; Van, Costa, Mitchell, Abbott, & Krass, , , ; Van, Krass, & Mitchell, ; Van, Mitchell, & Krass, ; Varela et al., ; Weissenborn, Haefeli, Peters‐Klimm, & Seidling, ; Wustmann, Haase‐Strey, Kubiak, & Ritter, ; Zillich, McDonough, Carter, & Doucette, ). Professionals’ previous experience with collaboration and a lack of clarity regarding the roles and responsibilities of the GPs and CPs were the most common issues; followed by attitudes, feelings, hierarchy and power, and trust and respect.…”

Factors influencing the degree of physician–pharmacist collaboration within Iraqi public healthcare settings†

“…Although the evaluation of pharmacist–physician collaboration is critical and several studies have investigated the degree of physician–pharmacist collaboration using theoretical collaborative frameworks in the USA, UK and Australia, almost all of these studies addressed only pharmacists and physicians practising in community settings. Our study involved pharmacists and physicians working in hospitals, and it was the first study measuring physician–pharmacist collaboration in Iraq.…”