Face to Face Wellbeing centres scheme

A WIN-WIN ALLIANCE BETWEEN INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS & BANT REGISTERED NUTRITIONAL THERAPISTS

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Face to Face Wellbeing Centres - the future of pharmacy. Pharmacies seeking to extend their services to nutritional health and wellbeing are grasping the opportunities in a new nationwide project. If you want to be part of this ground-breaking project then email the Face to Face team on [email protected]. The Face to Face Wellbeing Centres project announced in Natural Pharmacy Magazine has caught the imagination of pharmacies across the country. Twelve independent pharmacies are piloting the scheme extending primary healthcare in their communities by working with a BANT Registered Nutritional Therapist. The Face to Face Wellbeing Centres project will enable independent community pharmacies to increase their contribution to community health services as stipulated by NHS England, the Welsh Assembly, NHS Scotland and Northern Ireland in the following ways: 1. Providing a key opportunity to tackle the epidemic of diet-related illnesses that are fuelling public demand for nutrition and lifestyle advice. 2. Bridge the gap in healthcare services. GPs prescribe medicines, pharmacists dispense drugs, but the science of how diet and lifestyle impact on diseases such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes is rapidly evolving. BANT registered Nutritional Therapists possess the knowledge to fill this gap and complement the services offered in the pharmacy setting. The Benefits: By providing the framework for an in-pharmacy clinic, the project promises increased footfall and strong sales of a range of nutritional products including VMS and herbal medicines. Pharmacies can exceed customer expectations by offering an extended professional service. Pharmacies can work with a local BANT Registered Nutritional Therapist to provide wider solutions to patient needs and bring better health outcomes for various diet-related illnesses including diabetes, heart and arterial diseases, depression, IBS, allergies and obesity. This in turn will enable registered nutritionist and pharmacist to discuss an expanded “natural dispensary” with sales fuelled by the former’s extensive knowledge and dietary recommendations. The therapist’s work will take pressure off both the head pharmacist and local GPs not only by meeting their health concerns with a different but nonetheless effective approach, but also as the wellbeing principles of nutrition bring improved long-term health. The Pharmacist's View: Amal Gudka, Pharmacy Manager OTC, S&A Pharmacy, Harrow, Middlesex ...The concept fits exactly with my current vision of how I aim to develop our pharmacy’s services. I believe this scheme is being introduced at just the right time because of the continuous increase in the general public’s view of being more health conscious and open to pursuing other dietary and lifestyle changes in addition to conventional medicine for treatment of various ailments..."

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A WIN-WIN ALLIANCE BETWEEN INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS & BANT

REGISTERED NUTRITIONAL THERAPISTS

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Face to Face Wellbeing Centres Scheme• A vision for the future of your business• An opportunity to increase profitability• A welcome addition to your services• Helping you deliver better patient care• An initiative to support the drive to increase your contribution

to community healthcare as stipulated by NHS England, the Welsh Assembly, NHS Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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The community pharmacy assurance framework.“The pharmacist and their staff shall, as appropriate, provide advice to people

presenting prescriptions, who have diabetes, are at risk of coronary heart

disease (especially those with high blood pressure), smoke or are overweight,

with the aim of increasing the person's knowledge and understanding of the

health issues which are relevant to that person's personal circumstances.”

http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/cpaf10.doc

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Graham Phillips Pharmacist & Owner, Manor Pharmacy Group

“Committed to your health”

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The state of play in the NHS today• Lifestyle related diseases are threatening to overwhelm

the NHS (obesity; smoking; alcohol; sexual-health)• Health-Inequlity: Societies and genders have equal

longevity if they address their lifestyle choices• Massive opportunity for #pharmacy

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The opportunity of Face to Face Wellbeing Centre Schemes

• Pharmacies receive 2 million+ visits per day• More accessible than General Practitioners• See people who are unwell and those that want to protect their health from

future illness• Pro-active Public Health (HLP) role of pharmacy?• BANT Registered Nutritional Therapists are qualified experts in nutritional

therapy who present evidence-based solutions

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Lucy Patterson BANT Registered Nutritional Therapist

What motivated me to join?

•To increase my client base•To work in a community setting as well as private practice•To speak to clients in a setting they know and trust•To reach a broader set of clients

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How we have made our scheme thrive• By attracting clients through workshops & events

themed on particular health concerns• By streamlining paperwork for the pharmacist• By clearly communicating terms of engagement with

clients

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Miguel Toribio-Mateas Director and Chair of BANT Council

"As Chairman of BANT I am supportive of this initiative and am truly thankful to JHN Productions, Babi Chana and my Directors Sarah Green and Jonathan Cohen for their help

in bringing the highest standards of Nutritional Therapy to where it’s most needed, Britain’s high streets"