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Evaluation of a new patient consultation initiative in community pharmacy for ear, nose and throat and eye conditions

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4125-y

Published Online: 2019-05-03

Published Print: 2019-12

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Authors

Hall, Gillian

Cork, Tania

White, Simon http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0096-251X
Berry, Hayley

Smith, Louise
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

North West Midlands Urgent and Emergency Care Network (n/a)

NHS Staffordshire and Shropshire Local Professional Network for Pharmacy (n/a)
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Article History

Received: 25 September 2018

Accepted: 24 April 2019

First Online: 3 May 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Ethical approval was not required because the study was a service evaluation. This was confirmed by the Chair of the School of Pharmacy’s Research Ethics Committee. The study involved analysis of anonymised, routinely collected data and at the time of their consultation with the pharmacist, patients verbally gave their consent for collection and analysis of anonymised data about their use of the service. Pharmacists were required to confirm on <i>PharmOutcomes</i> whether patients had given consent, rather than asking patients to sign a consent form. This was done to allow an independent check to be made that consent had been given without revealing personally identifiable information about patients.

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