Stress management in community pharmacy

Impact

Narrative

Following on from the publication of my scoping study, Managing Workplace Pressures to Enhance Safer Practice in Community Pharmacy, funded by Pharmacy Research UK, I was commissioned (with Sarah Willis and Liz Seston) by Pharmacist Support to evaluate a pilot stress management workshop for pharmacists, pre-registration pharmacists and undergraduate pharmacy students, generating a modest income of £5000 from this national pharmacy charity. The positive findings of this evaluation led to further development and roll-out of these workshops which are now supporting pharmacy professionals suffering from stress at work nationally. Findings of this study were picked up and reported by Chemist and Druggist magazine which is widely read by the pharmacy profession on 6th November 2014.