Abstract
Aim: To evaluate a pilot of a community pharmacy-based travel health and vaccination service. Design: A self-completed questionnaire. Subjects and settings: Two community pharmacy pilot sites: one in Aberdeen and one in Aberdeenshire. All patients who attended the pharmacies fortravel advice and services were asked to participate. Results: The median score for the overall service was 10 (interquartile range 9-10). 98% of respondents (n = 84) would use the pharmacy service again and 81.4% thought the pharmacy service provided value for money. Most clients were travelling on holiday and some found the community pharmacy could provide a more convenient venue and appointment times. Only a small number of clients had needed to be referred to other travel health providers, eg, Grampian NHS Travel Clinic. Conclusion: The pharmacy travel health service was well accepted by patients and met their needs. Most patients believed the community pharmacy service provided value for money.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 625-632 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Pharmaceutical Journal |
| Volume | 281 |
| Issue number | 7530 |
| Publication status | Published - 29 Nov 2008 |
