1% (768/1420) were for men, with 62.0% (476/768) of men going on to receive alcohol brief advice, compared with 57.5%

(375/652) women. Four per cent men (31/768) were referred to specialist services compared with 2.7% women (18/652). The percentage of men in the top three risk categories was substantially higher than women (see Table 1). For the age groups below 45, women were more likely to be screened than men, compared with the over 50 age bracket where men were more likely to be screened than women. A substantial number of alcohol IBA were delivered through community pharmacies to a wide cross-section of the population. The uptake of alcohol IBA by men was greater than that of women. NICE suggests targeting the delivery of screening and brief advice to selected populations at an appropriate time and in an appropriate setting.1 Given the good uptake of IBA and the this website benefit of IBA within the male population, community pharmacies may be an appropriate setting to focus on screening and provide IBA to men. Further work evaluating the effectiveness of community pharmacies in delivering alcohol-related services

are needed. 1) NICE. Services for the RAD001 purchase identification and treatment of hazardous drinking, harmful drinking and alcohol dependence in children, young people and adults. Commissioning Guide. 2011. 2) Kaner EF, Dickinson HO, Beyer FR, Campbell F, Schlesinger C, Heather N, Saunders JB, Burnand B, Piener ED. Effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions in primary care, populations (Review). The Cochrane Library 2009.

C. Morecroft, L. Stokes, A. Mackridge Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK The study shows that the emergency supply of prescription-only medicines at community pharmacies has potential to maximise patient adherence through continuation of supply without need to access other NHS services. Findings indicate wide support for a structured, national NHS-funded, emergency supply service from community pharmacies. The Medicines Act 1968, and latterly the Human Medicines Regulations 2012, permit community pharmacists to supply prescription-only medicines without a prescription, in an emergency when requested by either a prescriber or the patient.1 This enables pharmacists to use their professional judgement to ensure patients’ medicine(s) C-X-C chemokine receptor type 7 (CXCR-7) supply is not disrupted. Under this provision, pharmacists must ensure there is an ‘immediate need’ for the requested medicine, while also considering the wellbeing of the patient and the consequences of not supplying.2 The aim of this research was to explore the delivery of an emergency supply service of prescription-only medicines in community pharmacies in response to patient requests, including identifying how it may be integrated into established health and social care provision in order to fulfil its potential to maximise adherence.