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. 2024 Dec 12;11(4):100213.
doi: 10.1016/j.fhj.2024.100213. eCollection 2024 Dec.

Specialist pharmacist prescribing in dermatology

William Price  1 , Tanya Bleiker  2 , Caroline Owen  1   3
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Specialist pharmacist prescribing in dermatology

William Price et al. Future Healthc J. .

Abstract

Across the country, pharmacists are developing their professional competencies to move outside the dispensary and directly integrate with specialist teams. Within dermatology, the widespread use of high-cost and high-risk pharmacological interventions presents a range of opportunities for a pharmacist to contribute to safer, more cost-effective use of medicines. As well as using prescribing qualifications to take on clinical workloads, pharmacists can enact cost-saving changes to routine prescribing; improve clinical governance and use their expertise in medicines to effectively advocate for access to new or alternative treatment options, as well as demystify complex funding pathways.

Keywords: Pharmacy; dermatology; medicines governance; pharmacoeconomics; prescribing.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Important ways in which a dedicated pharmacist can contribute to a dermatology department.
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Aspects of the role of the dermatology pharmacist.
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