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The future of clinical pharmacology in the NHS
Author(s) -
Walker Lauren,
Bennett Frances,
Scourfield Andrew,
Payne Rupert
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1893
Subject(s) - polypharmacy , medicine , clinical pharmacology , primary care , pharmacology , family medicine
Clinical pharmacologists are well placed to address the growing challenges of multimorbidity and polypharmacy through their expertise in medicines optimisation and experience working at the interface between primary and secondary care. However, the speciality needs to improve its visibility in order to highlight the clinical and economical value it can bring to the NHS.