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Pharmacy Resources
Added on
29/09/2010
Updated on
07/10/2010
Identification and Brief Advice Training
We offer a free, self-paced alcohol pharmacy e-learning course where you can learn the facts about alcohol, units and delivering IBA. You can also print a record of achievement.
For more information including a technical checker, course outcomes and FAQ's, or to start learning:
Access our latest generic identification and brief advice tools including the AUDIT identification tool and other useful training guidance and resources. Please note that most of these resources were devised for general Primary Care settings but may be helpful for pharmacy.
Data
To help with the evaluation and collation of data, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society is developing a web-based data collection tool to collate individual pharmacy AUDIT results and other useful information. From this various reports will be produced and made available to the PCT's and SHA's.
Pharmacy Projects
The following projects are examples of local pharmacy practice. The status of the projects vary as some projects are at implementation stage and some complete. Full details including contacts, synopsis, history and outcomes can be accessed below:
- Wirral IBA within Pharmacies
- Lambeth | Pharmacy-based Identification and Brief Advice (IBA) Project
- Hampshire Pharmacy Alcohol Brief Intervention Pilot Project
- Leeds Pharmacy Brief Alcohol Interventions
North West IBA Pharmacy Pilot
The North West Region is currently piloting an, 'Alcohol Screening & Brief Intervention Service in Community Pharmacies' and has produced a commissioning pack for partners. The reports and resources will be available here later in 2010.
Further Training Resources
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society - Alcohol Use Disorders
Provides comprehensive guidance for Pharmacists including Facts and figures about alcohol consumption. Recommended limits for alcohol consumption for women and men. How you can help by providing... - CPPE - Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education
CPPE supplies educational resources for the NHS pharmacy workforce including an elearning portfolio. - Pharmacy Magazine Learning and Practice - Alcohol Services in Community Pharmacy
Downloadable training PDF which supports CDP competencies with the following learning objectives: Discuss the current concerns regarding alcohol consumption Explain alcohol units and the recommended... - General Pharmaceutical Council
The GPhC is the regulator for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy premises in Great Britain supplying information for registration, standards and quality and CPD.
Further Reading
- Community pharmacy and alcohol-misuse services: a review of policy and practice
Research report to assess the feasibility of community pharmacy-based services for alcohol misuse, and to identify how such services would fit with government alcohol policies in the three GB countries.... - Pharmacy in England: Building on strengths - delivering the future
- Alcohol Identification and Brief Advice Projects Outcomes Report
This report brings together final outcomes of two community pharmacy projects. The Number Counts - a proactive service providing alcohol awareness and brief advice, and Emergency Hormonal Contraception...