The four or more medicines (FOMM) support service: results from an evaluation of a new community pharmacy service aimed at over-65s.

Objective: Inappropriate prescribing and nonadherence have a significant impact on hospital admissions and patient quality of life. The English government has identified that community pharmacy could make a significant contribution to reducing nonadherence and improving the quality of prescribing, reducing both hospital admissions and medicines wastage. The objective of this study is to evaluate a community pharmacy service aimed at patients over the age of 65 years prescribed four or more medicines.

An evaluation of a multi-site community pharmacy-based chronic obstructive pulmonary disease support service.

Objectives: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive chronic condition that can be effectively managed by smoking-cessation, optimising prescribed therapy and providing treatment to prevent chest infections from causing hospitalisation. The government agenda in the UK is for community pharmacists to become involved in chronic disease management, and COPD is one area where they are ideally located to provide a comprehensive service. This study aims to evaluate the effect of a community pharmacy-based COPD service on patient outcomes.