title: Improving practice--working together to improve the use of antimicrobials.
abstract: The Hospital Pharmacy Initiative was a Department of Health funded programme in England between 2003 and 2006. It has produced a number of benefits that are organizational, educational, professional, clinical and economic. The opportunity to share experiences, identify what works well and collaborate across national boundaries to address a problem that is taxing all governments and NHS acute trusts and causes considerable concern to patients and their families should be a common goal for the UK.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacy and Medicines Management, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester M23 9LT, UK. jonathan.cooke@manchester.ac.uk
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cooke
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Davey
authors.forename: Hayley
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wickens
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jacklin
authors.forename: Conor
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jamieson
authors.forename: Ysobel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gourlay
authors.forename: Kieran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hand
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wellsteed
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004363:Drug Utilization; D006291:Health Policy; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D010604:Pharmacy; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents