Gretagrove
Healthcare

Gretagrove healthcare provides services to both GP practices and dispensing doctors’ surgeries.

The services we carry out enable your surgeries to improve patient care, reduce hospital admissions and ethically reduce your prescribing spend.

What does Gretagrove Healthcare do?

Gretagrove Healthcare is a team of clinical pharmacists whom specialise in administering and providing advice about medication. A clinical pharmacist is responsible for working with physicians and patients to prescribe the right medication in a way that will help patients achieve the best care possible.

Working as a Clinical Pharmacist involves successfully being able to:

  • Follow pharmacy policies and regulations to create pharmacy  programs
  • Evaluate patient records and ensure that medication is needed
  • Examine a patient’s medical condition and make sure all ailments are properly treated
  • Speak with patients about possible conditions that may be unknown to them
  • Construct medication plans that are effective and limit the risk of negative side effects
  • Consult with patients to help them to understand the correct way to administer medication
  • Maintain documentation for a patient’s medication plans and treatment progress

Our Services

Listed below are some examples of services we provide;

  • Bone health review (read more …)
  • Pen needle review (read more …)
  • Repeat prescription management systems
  • Patient adherence reviews
  • Structured medication reviews (polypharmacy)
  • Discharge summaries
  • High risk medication reviews
  • Prescribing cost reviews and prescription interventions (e.g. NHS QIPP programme)

If there are any additional specific services you would like us to provide then please contact us below, we would be delighted to find a tailored solution for you.

Some of our services can be funded through external funding sources, please contact us for more information.

In addition to the above, we also provide a range of clinical health services to cater for various health organisation needs, including:

  • Conducting Health Checks (including Height, Weight and BMI)
  • Blood Pressure Monitoring
  • Blood Glucose Monitoring
  • Carrying out Baseline Observations
  • Supporting with management of chronic disease clinics
  • Providing support for Care Services
  • Health Promotion Campaigns
  • Clinical Trials and Clinical Trial Assistance
  • Blood Test Analysis and Management
  • Vaccinations

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Bones Health

It is estimated that 3 million people in the UK have osteoporosis, and over 500,000 people present with fragility fractures to hospital in the UK each year, representing an estimated cost to the NHS of £4.4 billion a year.

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Pen Needle

Gretagrove Healthcare pharmacists have expertise in the delivery of pen needle reviews and can provide support to improve the management of patients with diabetes to ensure they are managed in line with best practice guidelines.

Clinical Services

We specialise in supporting NHS primary care organisations to make better use of medicines, reduce the cost of prescribing, improve the quality and reduce hospital admissions.

From strategy to service delivery, we specialise in providing solutions that are efficient, cost effective, and which make best use of NHS IT systems.

Case Studies

Insulin Pen Needles
Prescribing costs for Insulin Pen Needles is a large expenditure for the NHS particularly as there is a high diabetic prevalence in the UK. As latest figures have been published on Insulin Pen Needle prescribing...
Bone Health Reviews
Back in June 2019 I took on a new client GP surgery in Bolton to conduct Bone Health Reviews. This was our first client in the North West and they were new to the service....
Bones Health
We were called into a large surgery in West Yorkshire with nearly 12,000 registered patients. The practice had sixteen doctors in total and were supported by over twenty-five allied staff members. I ran the Bone...

News

Pharmacy bodies warn of 'critical' shortage of community pharmacists
Community pharmacy bodies have claimed the sector is “facing a critical shortage” of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians that could endanger patients’ access to health services. The PSNC, National Pharmacy Association,...
pharmacymagazine.co.uk
December 1, 2021
Community pharmacy workforce shortages: the roles and regions most impacted
Vacancy rates for community pharmacists in England have doubled over the past four years and are particularly high in the South West. Workforce shortages within community pharmacy has been a...
pharmaceutical-journal.com
February 24, 2022
Shortfall of 3,000 community pharmacists in England over 5 years, CCA claims
There was a shortfall of 3,000 community pharmacists in England over a five-year period due to a “tug of war” between different parts of the healthcare sector, the Company Chemists’...
chemistanddruggist.co.uk
February 8, 2022

Testimonials

Contact Us

Call us on 0800 520 2039, or use the contact form below, or you can email us by clicking here.

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