Presentation to Dudley Health & Wellbeing Board 16 th December 2014 Dudley Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment Public views on pharmacy services and options.
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Presentation to DudleyHealth & Wellbeing Board
16th December 2014
Dudley Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment
Public views on pharmacy services and options for the future
Our findings…
We distributed 7200 questionnaires to
72 pharmacies in Dudley borough
From this 827 people returned questionnaires
As you heard in our film…
said they felt comfortable with private consultation areas – this meant that around a third felt that there was room for improvement
There is a need for better promotion and publicity of the wide range of services offered within pharmacy to improve the uptake of services such as health checks and support for long term conditions
A need to encourage better take up of services such as:• immunisation and vaccination• stop smoking help• alcohol advice• HIV testing• Pregnancy tests and
contraception• Weight managementAmongst many others…
Making better use of technology including…Dudley’s Community Information Directory
www.dudleyci.co.uk
And finally…
Developing staff skills and making better links and partnerships between pharmacy and other primary care providers such as GPs
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