ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the enablers and barriers to collaboration amongst pharmacists, other healthcare professional and patients in primary care and describes a model for successful collaborative practice for the pharmacy profession. Pharmacy in primary care in the UK has historically been limited to the lone pharmacist working in isolation in community pharmacy. The more recent focus of healthcare on person-centred care brings the patient into the heart of the collaboration. The research into collaborative pharmacy practice in primary care mostly focuses on the development of collaborative working relationships between pharmacists and general practitioner (GP). The chapter presentes a model of collaboration and discussed the factors that influence collaboration between community pharmacists and GPs. Examples of collaborations between pharmacies and the local community have been presented, with consideration of factors that have made these collaborations successful.
