The last 12 months have seen some exciting developments in pharmacy, including the launch of a new way to provide quick access to treatment for minor illnesses through the NHS community pharmacist consultation service (CPCS). This service maximises the clinical skills of community pharmacists and allows NHS 111 call advisors to offer patients with minor […]
The Deputy Chief Pharmaceutical Officer explains why the new contract between the NHS and 11,700 community pharmacies is good news for patients and pharmacy professionals: The Government, the NHS and the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee announced a new Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework on 22 July 2019. It’s a five-year settlement which delivers for patients, and […]
Pharmacists are set to offer rapid detection and help for killer conditions like heart disease as part of a major revamp of high street pharmacy services. The high street heart checks are part of an ambitious target the NHS in England has set itself as part of its Long Term Plan to prevent tens of […]
Patients are set to get longer appointments with their family doctor thanks to new ways of working which start today. Practices large and small will work to support each other and deliver a wider range of specialist care services for patients from a range of skilled health professionals. Around 7,000 practices across England – more […]
The Deputy Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for NHS England and NHS Improvement and the Pharmacy Dean (South East and South West) for Health Education England (HEE) reflect on the NHS Interim People Plan and the opportunities it provides within the Primary Care Networks launching next week for pharmacy professionals to play an integral role in the […]
Successful NHS England programme extended for three more years. An NHS programme has seen GP practices free up more than half a million hours of time for patients in the last year. The Time for Care programme sees surgeries across the country adopt new ways of working like letting patients book appointments sooner, cutting paperwork […]
Leading change The Advanced Nurse Practitioner at North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust led on the development and implementation of a new Care Home Coordination Centre (CHCC) to support people living in care homes to remain in their homes where safe and appropriate to so do. This clinical pathway redesign is resulting in reduced hospital […]
The Pharmacy Integration Fund (PhIF) was established in 2016 to accelerate the integration of: Pharmacy professionals across health and care systems to deliver medicines optimisation for patients as part of an integrated system; Clinical pharmacy services into primary care networks building on the NHS Five Year Forward View and NHS Long Term Plan The NHS […]
Leading change Nurse leaders in the Greater Nottinghamshire Clinical Commissioning Partnership Commissioning Group’s Quality Team worked with the Lead Pharmacist and Medicines Management Team. This partnership was led in collaboration with Nottingham North and East (NNE), Nottingham West (NW) and Rushcliffe Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to conduct an audit and subsequently improve the immunisation care […]
The current Chief Pharmaceutical Officer’s Clinical Fellow at NHS England shares the thinking behind a new programme to devise and test an integrated model for NHS pharmacy and medicines use in an STP/ICS: We often refer to pharmacy by sector – community, hospital, general practice, mental health, the list goes on – but our shared […]