Publications
FIP practice transformation programme on non-communicable diseases: Programme booklet (2023)
The FIP practice transformation programme (PTP) on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) aims to provide strategic support and tools
to FIP member organisations to develop and implement pharmacy services that can have a sustained positive impact in the prevention,
screening, management, and treatment optimisation of NCDs for improved patient outcomes and health systems efficiency and sustainability.
FIP Practice Transformation Programme on Non-communicable Diseases: Programme overview (2023)
The FIP practice transformation programme (PTP) on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) aims to provide strategic support and tools
to FIP member organisations to develop and implement pharmacy services that can have a sustained positive impact in the prevention,
screening, management, and treatment optimisation of NCDs for improved patient outcomes and health systems efficiency and sustainability.
Management of non-communicable diseases: Regulatory self-assessment and development tool for transforming pharmacy practice
Regulators, ministries of health, policymakers and national pharmacy organisations are encouraged to assess regulations in their country related to pharmacy-based care of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) with a development tool developed by FIP’s Forum of Pharmacy Professional Regulators. This tool is based on experiences from countries where pharmacy services targeting NCDs (including testing, measurement of parameters, such as blood pressure and peak expiratory volume, and prescribing or modifying prescriptions) have been successfully introduced and regulated, and on researched pharmacy practice legislation from around the world.
Cardiovascular diseases: A handbook for pharmacists (2022)
This handbook identifies and describes pharmacist-led interventions in cardiovascular disease prevention, screening, management, and treatment optimisation to both support their implementation in pharmacy practice and to support advocacy efforts towards the optimisation and expansion of pharmacists’ scope of practice in cardiovascular diseases and NCDs in general.
This publication is available in the following languages:
FIP knowledge and skills reference guide for professional development in cardiovascular diseases (2022)
This knowledge and skills reference guide provides a comprehensive list of required knowledge and skills in pharmaceutical and related care to support pharmacists to develop, upskill and refresh knowledge in cardiovascular diseases and related roles in pharmacy. The guide supplements the FIP handbook on cardiovascular diseases for pharmacists and was developed in consultation with a global reference group.
This publication is available in the following languages:
Cancer: A handbook for pharmacists (2022)
This handbook identifies and describes pharmacist-led interventions in cancer prevention, screening, management, and treatment optimisation to both support their implementation in pharmacy practice and to support advocacy efforts towards the optimisation and expansion of pharmacists’ scope of practice in cancer and NCDs in general.
FIP knowledge and skills reference guide for professional development in cancer care (2022)
This knowledge and skills reference guide provides a comprehensive list of required knowledge and skills in pharmaceutical and related care to support pharmacists to develop, upskill and refresh knowledge in cancer care and related roles in pharmacy. The guide supplements the FIP handbook on cancer for pharmacists and was developed in consultation with a global reference group.
Chronic respiratory diseases: A handbook for pharmacists (2022)
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals prioritise universal health coverage (UHC) and commit to reducing the impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) as well as communicable diseases. This handbook is an important enabling tool to achieve those goals because it makes the case for the inclusion of care for chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) as part of UHC and demonstrates the important role pharmacists have in achieving this.
Knowledge and skills reference guide for professional development in chronic respiratory diseases: A companion to the FIP chronic respiratory diseases handbook for pharmacists. (2022)
This knowledge and skills reference guide provides a comprehensive list of required knowledge and skills in pharmaceutical and related care to support pharmacists to develop, upskill and refresh knowledge in CRDs and related roles in pharmacy. The guide supplements the FIP handbook on CRDs for pharmacists and was developed in consultation with a global reference group.
Mental health care: A handbook for pharmacists (2022)
This handbook, developed in collaboration with an international group of experts, aims to support pharmacy practice, presenting the many potential mental health care actions that pharmacists can perform, from preventing mental illness and screening for signs to optimising medication and responding to mental health crises.
Knowledge and skills reference guide for professional development in diabetes (2022)
New diabetes reference guide focuses on helping pharmacists achieve required competencies:
“Knowledge and skills reference guide for professional development in diabetes”.
FIP has been championing the role of pharmacists in preventing and treating chronic diseases, including diabetes, since 2006, and this latest guide, which is intended as a companion to the FIP diabetes handbook for pharmacists published in 2021, will help pharmacists to identify and acquire the competencies, such as screening and clinical management, they need to provide services for patients with diabetes.
As well as supporting pharmacists to upskill themselves as their careers develop, the new FIP publication is intended to guide the design and delivery of education and training programmes by continuing professional development providers. The guide acknowledges that there are some barriers to and regulations around providing diabetes-related services in some countries but emphasises that “the incorporation of pharmacists into multidisciplinary diabetes care teams should always be strongly considered by clinicians and health policymakers”.
Knowledge and skills reference guide for professional development in mental health care (2022)
This guide, which is a companion to the FIP mental health care handbook for pharmacists intends to provide an overview of the knowledge and skills needed for pharmacists to deliver mental health services and care
Diabetes prevention, screening and management: A handbook for pharmacists (2021)
This handbook supports the Practice Transformation Programme on Diabetes. It presents an overview of diabetes and describes the various services pharmacists can provide aiming at disease prevention, screening, disease state management and treatment optimisation.
