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Medicines optimisation teams ‘lack capacity’ to drive transformation, says NHS Confed

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

For example, it suggested that when secondary care has access to the electronic prescribing system, the dispensing of drugs currently dispensed by NHS trusts – including high-tech medicines such as oral chemotherapy or immunotherapy drugs and monoclonal antibody therapies – could be moved to community pharmacy.

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5 Ways to Better Counsel Patients with Cancer at Your Pharmacy

Digital Pharmacist

New cancer cases diagnosed annually in US Cancer deaths in US in 2022 As many community pharmacies are taking on a more patient-centered approach in recent years, pharmacists have an opportunity to better incorporate cancer management initiatives into their practice. Vaccinations can be given before, during, and after chemotherapy.

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Polypharmacy and ageing

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

The EMPOWER study, 6 in Canada, targeted deprescribing of benzodiazepines by educating patients via community pharmacies, rather than doctors. Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) can be acute, delayed or anticipatory. The emetogenic potential of chemotherapy needs to be taken into account when selecting treatment.