Dear
Member,
So far
in our PQS series we have provided the following:
- Your suicide awareness and prevention training & action plan as per our email on 21st October 2020 – this should now be completed
- PCN Lead support via a video training session on 27th October 2020 – This should be actioned now
- Non-PCN Lead criteria as per our email sent on 4th November 2020 - You should have actioned the steps taken in our email and contacted your PCN Lead
- Infection prevention & control and AMS as per our email sent on 18th November 2020 – This should have been actioned now
Next
in our PQS series is weight management part 1 – we will be splitting this up into a few sections.
What you need to do:
You should aim to complete these tasks by Friday 11th December.
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Task
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Evidence
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Non-registered patient-facing pharmacy staff that provide health promoting advice must have completed:
Recommended a registered pharmacy professional also completes the module to help pharmacy staff with their training
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Assessment certificates for each patient facing staff
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80% of registered pharmacy professionals working at the pharmacy must complete the following
Section 1 and 3 of CPPE weight management for adults: understanding the management of obesity training and assessment
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CPPE assessment certificate
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The
aim of this criterion is to prevent ill health by raising awareness of the impact of weight and waist circumference on health and the relevance of BMI to their overall health and wellbeing. Obesity and poor diet are linked with diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and increased risk of respiratory, musculoskeletal and liver disease. During the COVID-19 pandemic, evidence has emerged that obese individuals are more likely to have poorer outcomes when infected with the
virus.
With an intervention from a healthcare professional we can potentially have a five-fold increase in the proportion of patients engaging in weight management services and have an impact on the amount of weight they
lose.
As
always, if you require further support please contact the PharmaPlus team.
Regards,
PharmaPlus
