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There are few conditions that bring the degree of isolation, embarrassment and self-consciousness that bowel and urinary incontinence does. In the UK, about
14 million adults experience bladder control problems and 6.5 million have bowel control difficulties.
Additionally, there are just under a million children in the UK experiencing continence conditions at any one time. Over £200 million is spent on personal
incontinence products; this is in addition to over three times the same amount spent by the NHS.
With a rapidly ageing population and unaddressed contributing factors, the significant financial burden, but importantly, the impact on the quality of life and
dignity is devastating. We also know that cultural and communication difficulties can create barriers making treatment access and symptom alleviation more difficult.
Considering the demography that this has a greater impact on - patients with a learning disability, non-English speakers and disabled patient - it becomes apparent
this is a form of health inequality. However, pharmacy teams are best placed to tackle this head-on.
Incontinence is the inability to control your bladder or bowel, so you accidentally lose urine from the bladder (urinary incontinence) or faeces from the bowel
(bowel incontinence).
The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has announced that the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for England, David Webb will be among the keynote speakers at the
Pharmacy Odyssey Conference on 13 October.
He and other special guests will discuss the future of community pharmacy within the NHS, during a day of insight and practical advice for pharmacy teams.
The NPA promises expert opinion on the current pressures in the sector and a thorough exploration of the long-term picture.
NPA Director of Membership, Simon Tebbutt, explains: "With the NPA centenary in 2021 behind us, this will be a foray into the future - mapping the coming decade,
and next half-century - as well as covering the many challenges of the present time."
The theme of the conference, to be held online and sponsored by Novo Nordisk, is Pharmacy Odyssey: Services, Supply and Sustainability.
Community Pharmacy England (CPE) is organising a series of webinars to help pharmacy owners and their teams to prepare for the implementation of new
Pharmacy First service, and changes to the Contraception and Hypertension Case-Finding Services.
Beginning from 5th December, the webinars would be conducted throughout December and January, with support from NHS England and the Centre for Postgraduate
Education (CPPE), the organisation announced on Thursday (30 November).
During the online seminars, pharmacy teams will be explained about the individual services announced, and things to consider before they start providing, or
expand their offering of, these services.
Each webinar will have CPE's Services Team, who would be leading the team, and policy experts from NHS England and CPPE as speakers.
Chair of the health and social care committee Steve Brine and England's chief pharmacist David Webb are among a raft of speakers who will be addressing
delegates at the 13th Annual Sigma Community Pharmacy Conference to be held in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic from Sunday (March 5).
Day I of the conference will also feature a Q&A session with PSNC CEO Janet Morrison and her lead negotiator Mike Dent, which will be presented as a live webinar
via YouTube for those unable to attend in person.
Sigma Pharmaceuticals has invited all interested community pharmacists and stakeholders in the UK to join the 90 minutes session by clicking this link.
Those joining the session will not only be able to listen to the Q&A session - which will run between 6.30PM and 8.00PM in UK on Sunday - but also ask questions to
the PSNC executives via a live YouTube chat.
Sigma says the operating landscape for community pharmacy has altered dramatically since it last held its 'away conference' in the Philippines in February 2020. The
role of the independents - post pandemic - has rapidly evolved and has now been recognised by the health secretary as playing a significant part in the health of
the nation.
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has published new reports on racism and other inequalities in pharmacy, following a series of virtual equality
roundtables.
This council organised its second equality roundtable on 18 September 2023, focussing on the topic of 'Language Barriers and Health Inequalities', and a follow-up
roundtable on 'Racism in Pharmacy: Accountability Counts' on 10 October 2023.
A wide range of pharmacy-related organisations, patient groups, equality groups, providers of translation services and software, individual pharmacists, pharmacy
technicians and wider teams from different sectors and settings attended the events.
GPhC chair, Gisela Abbam thanked speakers and attendees for listening and contributing to the important discussions around racism and language barriers, which she
said are "not purely a pharmacy problem, nor a health problem", but a "much broader" system problem.
"It is important we acknowledge that, and do what we can to tackle racism and barriers wherever we find them," she added.
The only way to overcome the challenges facing the medicines supply chain in the UK is through close cooperation - the government, pharmacies, and the
industry all working together in tandem - said Andrew Stephenson, Minister for Health and Social Care.
The MP for Pendle, Lancashire made the statement while addressing the Healthcare Distribution Association's (HDA) Annual Conference at the Institute of Directors
in Pall Mall, London on Thursday (25 January), where over 130 leaders from the pharma industry gathered.
As the keynote speaker, Stephenson acknowledged the crucial role wholesalers, manufacturers, and retail pharmacy chains, play in the wellbeing of the nation.
He said: "In the first few months that I've been in this job, it's become immediately obvious to me just how important this sector is and just how important the
work that all of you do is for our country."
We're approaching that time of year where the sun is supposed to be shinning and things are supposed to quieten down over the summer holidays
(note I said supposed to. . . well we have the sun at least).
The elections are over, and a new party is in power. Wes Streeting is the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. He's met with GPs and Dentists and has
great ambitions for Primary Care but when will he meet with community pharmacists?
To be fair to Wes, he did visit a local pharmacy in his constituency, with CPNEL last year as Shadow Health Secretary (and was a guest speaker at the Pharmacy
Business Awards 2023). He has also had meetings with NPA and CPE, so we know he understands the value of Community Pharmacy. The question is, do we as a sector
and profession need to shout louder so that we aren't forgotten about, as healthcare plans are being drawn up?
Community Pharmacy is a humble sector, not unlike most other HC sectors. The difference is that we often get forgotten. I have lost count of the times I've heard
in meetings or conversations "Primary care and community pharmacy. . ." totally disregarding the fact that we are part of primary care.