Inform ProScript Connect

Primary care in the UK is currently experiencing significant pressures due to demographic shifts, workforce challenges, and increased demand for services. In response, the NHS is exploring alternative strategies to alleviate these challenges by increasing the number of physician associates, independent prescribers, and prescribing pharmacists within community pharmacies. This approach has multiple benefits, including improved access to healthcare and enhanced workforce development. By expanding the roles of these healthcare professionals, the NHS can ensure better access to medicines and reduce the demand on GP appointments, ultimately creating a more efficient and responsive healthcare system. Today’s prescribing landscape It is now even more important for healthcare professionals with various levels of training to stay up to date with the latest guidance. Ensuring that medications are taken correctly and safely is essential to ensuring optimal outcomes and minimising undue pressure on our NHS. Delivering information at the right time, in the right place

How can you help?

A recent report by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) highlights the key role pharmaceutical companies play beyond that of developing medicine. The report emphasises that pharmaceutical companies are “experts with regards to the quality, safety, and efficacy profiles” of their medicines and, accordingly, should provide sufficient resources to guide prescribers through this challenging landscape*. As experts in quality and safety, you can provide pharmacists and patients with accurate, up-to-date supporting medical information.

*Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry. No more, no less: A guide to the appropriate prescribing of medicines.

Through our ProScript Connect system, we can help you communicate:

to pharmacists at the point of dispensing

directly to patients

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