The purpose of the Project is, firstly, to test the feasibility of introducing an intervention process into the relationship between the Community Pharmacist, the patient, and the General Practitioner and, secondly, to evaluate - as fully as feasibly possible - the extent to which the aim of the process has been achieved.

The aim of the intervention process is to ….

• Deliver measurable health gain to the patient
• Deliver improvements to value for money in medicines prescribing and cost reductions for the NHS
• Construct a new approach to patient care by extending the partnership between pharmacist, patient and physician
• Facilitate collaboration between the health professionals in primary care
• Maximise the use of the skills and training of the Community Pharmacist