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Summary
This document replaces guidance issued for all previous schemes and provides further detail for contractors regarding how they demonstrate compliance with the scheme requirements.
PDF version. Updated June 2023.
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Pharmacy Quality Scheme - Guidance 2023/24
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Accessible web page version. Updated June 2023.
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Community pharmacy NSAID safety audit 2018-19
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Report of the audit of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) as part of the Quality Payment Scheme for 2018/19.
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Evaluation of the England Community Pharmacy Quality Scheme (2018–2019 and 2019–2020) in reducing harm from NSAIDs in older patients
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Quality improvement report on the BMJ website.
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Community Pharmacy Quality Scheme: 2019/20 high risk medicines audit report – Lithium, methotrexate, amiodarone and phenobarbital
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This report details the results and findings of the 2019/20 high risk medicines audit report for lithium, methotrexate, amiodarone and phenobarbital and makes recommendations on further actions.
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Community pharmacy preventing harm from valproate – Pharmacy Quality Scheme audit report 2019-20
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This report details the results and findings of the valproate audit and makes recommendations on further actions to reduce preventable harm.
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Community pharmacy oral anticoagulant safety audit 2021/22
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This audit was conducted as part of the 2021/2022 pharmacy quality scheme (PQS). 9,303 pharmacies participated in this audit and submitted data for 131,526 patients over a 7-month period between 1 September 2021 to 31 March 2022.
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The use of the TARGET antibiotic checklist to support antimicrobial stewardship in England’s community pharmacies
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This paper reviews the use of the TARGET antibiotic checklist incentivised in the Pharmacy Quality Scheme 2021 to 2022.
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The national implementation of a community pharmacy antimicrobial stewardship intervention through the English Pharmacy Quality Scheme 2020 to 2022
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This paper reviews all antimicrobial stewardship activities incentivised in the Pharmacy Quality Scheme from 2020 to 2022.
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Community pharmacy quality scheme 2020-22: findings and recommendations from the antimicrobial stewardship initiatives
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Published 30 May 2023.
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Responding to Urinary Tract Infection Symptoms in England's Community Pharmacies (mdpi.com)
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Full details of the UTI results.
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Community pharmacy quality scheme 2022-23: findings and recommendations from the TARGET treating your infection leaflets initiatives
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Key findings and recommendations of the Pharmacy Quality Scheme’s (PQS) AMS requirements for 2022/23. Published 31 August 2023.
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An evaluation of oral anticoagulant safety indicators by England’s community pharmacies
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Journal article.
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Assessing the impact of using a patient counselling prompt - the TARGET antibiotic checklist in England’s community pharmacies
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Journal article.