Applying the Behaviour Change Wheel to support deprescribing in long-term care: Qualitative interviews with stakeholder participants.

Background: Implementation and behavioural science are increasingly being used to support development and translation of evidence-based interventions into practice. We used the Behaviour Change Wheel (BCW) approach in two stakeholder forums to identify target behaviours and supporting actions to inform the development of a framework to support deprescribing in long-term care homes. During our planning for these forums, we found many applications of the BCW approach used in healthcare.

Pharmacists report lack of reinforcement and the work environment as the biggest barriers to routine monitoring and follow-up for people with diabetes: A survey of community pharmacists.

Background: Medications with lifestyle are the cornerstone of diabetes management and routine monitoring and follow-up are essential to the delivery of quality care. Documented follow-up rates by pharmacists for people with diabetes are low despite good uptake of initial medication assessments in medication review programs.

Objectives: Identify the barriers and facilitators to routine monitoring and follow-up for people with diabetes by community pharmacists.