Diagnosing cancer in English community pharmacies.
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- Academic Journal
- Authors
- Bradley SH; Academic Unit of Primary Care, University of Leeds, UK medsbra@leeds.ac.uk.; Jones D; Academic Unit of Primary Care, University of Leeds, UK.; North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, Carlisle, UK.; Wood S; Academic Unit of Primary Care, University of Leeds, UK.; Rafiq M; Centre for Cancer Research and Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Australia.; Epidemiology of Cancer and Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) group, University College London, UK.; Bradley C; Patient author, Leeds, UK medsbra@leeds.ac.uk.; Hamilton WT; Department of Health and Community Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, UK.
- Source
- Publisher: British Medical Association Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 8900488 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1756-1833 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 09598138 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMJ Subsets: MEDLINE
- Subject
- Language
- English
Competing Interests: Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have the following interests to declare: SHB is clinical lead for cancer for Leeds Office of West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board. In this role he has supported a scheme to facilitate community pharmacists to advise patients with common respiratory symptoms to have a chest x ray. During 2017-21 he was an executive committee member of the Fabian Society, a political think tank affiliated to the UK Labour party. In this role he co-edited a series of essays on health inequalities, the publication costs of which were paid for by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry and Lloyd’s pharmacies. WTH sits on a primary care advisory group for NHS England and has advised on the current pilot of pharmacy cancer detection. He is a co-applicant on an NIHR funded study aiming to optimise colorectal cancer detection through pharmacies. All authors are writing in a personal capacity, and opinions expressed here should not be considered to represent the views of any organisation to which the authors have an affiliation. Provenance and peer review: Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.