Services linked to clinical specialties
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In much the same way that clinical specialties are firmly established in medicine and surgery, the same is now true for clinical pharmacy.
Services linked to clinical specialties
In much the same way
that clinical specialties are firmly established in medicine and surgery, the
same is now true for clinical pharmacy. This has been helped by the manner in
which clinical specialties have been managed in hospitals, often divided into
divisions or directorates along clinical lines, to which a pharmacist can be
attached. Part of the responsibilities for such pharmacists will be strategic,
managerial and financial: (1) appropriate governance and risk management
procedures; (2) monitoring and auditing the use of medicines; (3) supporting
the management of the medicines budget; and (4) contributing to the preparation
of business cases for new drugs. The UK Clinical Pharmacy Association is a good
source of information on pharmacy input to specific clinical specialties and
has a number of active special interest groups accessible via its website.
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