Helping pharmacy teams manage joint pain effectively
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society, in partnership with GSK, has brought together industry experts and pharmacists to highlight the issues joint pain can have on patients’ lives. This section contains a range of resources to support pharmacy teams in providing advice for patients presenting with joint pain.
Partnerships
Pharmacy Tool
A patient pathway for joint pain
Use this simple step-by-step guide, to support patients in community pharmacy through consultations, recommendation, referral and ongoing progress monitoring.
Click to download and share with your pharmacy team.
Editorially Independent Articles created by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society supported by a partnership with GSK
A joint effort – the pivotal role of pharmacy
Diagnosis
Pharmacists have an important role to play in the management of osteoarthritis and joint pain, but they also face significant barriers to becoming integrated within the multi-disciplinary team.
Experts to develop referral pathway to aid joint pain management in community pharmacy
Event report
Addressing the learning needs of pharmacy teams to enhance and standardise care of patients who present with joint pain in community pharmacy.
Appropriate community pharmacy management and referral of patients with chronic peripheral joint pain
Management
A summary of best practice joint pain management recommendations for use by community pharmacy teams.
Community pharmacy teams can provide greater support to patients presenting with joint pain regardless of diagnosis
Opinion
Rheumatologist Philip Conaghan urges pharmacists to take on a greater front-line role when managing patients who present with joint pain.
How to conduct an effective joint pain management consultation in a community pharmacy setting
Management
A guide to help pharmacy team members effectively engage with patients and have a conversation about joint pain symptoms.
Pharmacy leaders must train and support teams to meet the needs of patients with joint pain
Opinion
Community pharmacist Ade Williams highlights that pharmacy has a professional responsibility and commercial interest to ensure teams receive the necessary training to deliver the best person-centred care.
White Paper
The role of topical Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in the management of joint pain in the community
Dr Sarah Jarvis outlines the role of topical NSAIDs in community pharmacy.
CPD
How the resources on these pages can contribute to your continued professional development
Reviewing the articles, management pathway and content on these pages, reflecting on what you have learnt and how it may support your professional development contributes to your CPD as a pharmacist. Once you have reviewed the material, please consider the following:
What did you learn?
- What knowledge, skills, attitudes or competencies have you developed, improved or reinforced?
- How do you feel this learning has changed or will change your practice?
- What further learning or development needs do you have as a result of this activity?
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