Community pharmacists around the world can and do provide early and meaningful interventions in a range of common conditions due to the accessibility of their pharmacies to patients, according to a new FIP report published today.

 “Pharmacist-led common ailments schemes: A global intelligence” compiles data from 24 countries and highlights case studies from nine countries, giving examples of such interventions. 

“This FIP report will be invaluable to inform the future international development of common ailment schemes through exchanging evidence and experiences from individual countries,” said Dr Sarah Dineen-Griffin, vice president of the FIP Community Pharmacy Section, who chaired the insight board as part of the process leading up to the report.

 A video summarising the main findings of the report is available here: https://youtu.be/YBw0WGkg2QU