H Barnes

AS I read the concerns of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Education concerning the violence among students, I am led once more to write a letter to your newspaper hoping that some consideration will be given to my suggestion which I feel very strongly about. As a retired secondary school teacher, I am aware of how challenging it is to deal with the “difficult” students and to witness the violence that is now, sadly, so often a part of the school day.

Background Patients on the stroke pathway receive pharmaceutical care from the early days of admission until discharge from the Community Stroke Service, which is usually up to 3 months. Pharmacy teams within acute and intermediate care services have inadequate resources to provide patient centred care, resulting in delays in completing medicines reconciliation, starting medicines reablement and optimisation of medication.