Pharmacists in clozapine clinics improving physical health monitoring.

Introduction: People living with schizophrenia have a higher rate of comorbid physical health diseases and compared with the general population die earlier due to these diseases. A pharmacist working in an outpatient mental health clinic setting could assist with the management of physical health disease for this population. The aim of this study was to investigate whether having a pharmacist in a community clozapine clinic would improve adherence to physical health monitoring and whether this would have a positive effect on these physical health outcomes.