Home care pharmacies provide accurate, up-to-date pharmacy services for home care facilities. Prior to their introduction, home care staff were responsible for filling pharmacy orders and for sorting patients’ meds themselves. Staff were frequently responsible for calling in pharmacy orders themselves, taking time away from providing patients with the care they deserve. Home care pharmacies have shifted this burden away from the staff, allowing them to provide more direct, on-hand patient care.
How They Help
Care home pharmacy in Shipston-on-Stour provide quality access to pharmacy services for care home facility residents. Their goal is to ensure that residents have timely and accurate access to the medicines they need. Rather than having to worry about the accuracy and availability of their meds from an outside pharmacy, care home pharmacies are there to ensure that they’re always and rapidly available. Care home pharmacies also free up care home staff to provide more care for residents, as they don’t have to sort pills anymore. Additionally, care home pharmacies work closely with the Care Quality Commission to ensure the care home is compliant with all relevant rules and regulations governing care homes, so patients and their families know that they’re getting quality care.
Care Home Pharmacies have been nothing short of revolutionary. They have increased the efficiency of home care facilities, freed staff up to provide direct care to their patients and helped ensure the accuracy of medicines that patients are getting. All of which are very important in care home facilities. Patients and their families can have a peace of mind knowing that their or their loved ones’ care home is being serviced by a care home pharmacy.
