Practice staff’s views on a community pharmacy-led medicines management service

Recent organisational changes within United Kingdom health care systems have had major impact on primary care delivery1 including an increased role for community pharmacists (CPs) in the delivery of a medicines management service2. It is crucial that this role is supported by other members of the primary health care team. The Community Pharmacy Medicines Management Project3 was a large randomised controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate the introduction of medicines management service by CPs for patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). It was conducted in nine Health Authorities in England. The aim of the survey presented here was to investigate participating practice staff (general practitioners (GPs), nurses (PNs), pharmacists (PPs), and managers (PMs)) views on this service.