New palliative care medication service launched by health board
A new service has been launched across Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire to help community health staff access medication for palliative care patients. Hywel Dda University Health Board has entered into an agreement with nine community pharmacies to hold specific drug stocks so that community nursing teams can access them more easily. Difficulty in obtaining some of these drugs has previously been raised as an issue but the new agreement means that health workers now have better access to medication in urgent situations, reducing the time taken to find a pharmacy that has the items required. The Palliative Care Medication Service will operate during the normal opening hours of the listed pharmacies. A prescription will still be needed to have the items dispensed. The pharmacies are: CARMARTHENSHIRE Tesco Stores Ltd., Morfa Lane Carmarthen A R & H Davies Ltd 4 Kings Road, Llandovery Asda Stores Ltd., Murray Street, Llanelli CEREDIGION Morrisons Pharmacy, Llanbadarn Fawr,...