When we first developed the concept of Healthy Living Pharmacy (HLP) and evolved the quality criteria there was no Quality Payment Scheme (QPS). Pharmacy contractors and local commissioners chose to invest the time and energy because they saw it as the right thing to do. HLP’s roots are in change management and organisational development – developing workforce capability, ensuring premises and facilities are fit for purpose and engaging with the community to deliver consistent high quality … [Read more...] about HLP – more than a tick box exercise
Quality Criteria
Quality Payment Scheme 2018/19
The criteria for the second half of the 2018/19 Quality Payment Scheme have been announced with some changes to both the Gateway and the Quality criteria. The review point for this period will be February 15, 2019. We are pleased to see that Healthy Living Pharmacy has been retained with an additional public health capability requirement for the pharmacy team to have completed child oral health training in advance of a planned health campaign on this important topic in 2019. In addition … [Read more...] about Quality Payment Scheme 2018/19
Healthy Living Pharmacy and the NHS Ten Year Plan
It is excellent news that we now have 9436 (88%) pharmacies in England declared as Healthy Living Pharmacies, this represents an additional 5% on the November 2017 declaration. For these pharmacies the key will be ensuring that all the HLP criteria continue to be met in order to maintain the status and thus be able to promote the quality mark. Becoming an accredited HLP is just the beginning, its what HLPs then do differently, bigger and better that will define and differentiate them. This … [Read more...] about Healthy Living Pharmacy and the NHS Ten Year Plan
Health Campaigns
Health promotion campaigns are a key element of a Healthy Living Pharmacy (HLP). Beyond simply complying with the HLP criteria, health promotions that have been well run increase engagement with your customers and patients and promote your pharmacy to your community. Some campaign topics materials may be sourced locally or nationally but this still requires some effort, e.g. the Stoptober campaign materials this year need to be ordered by pharmacies rather than being sent automatically; this … [Read more...] about Health Campaigns
Healthy Living Pharmacy update
We are delighted to see that the revised Healthy Living Pharmacy (HLP) quality criteria are now available from Public Health England and an announcement has been made to signal the move to a profession-led self-accreditation process which will be underpinned by appropriate quality assurance. These quality criteria are clustered around the three key enablers of the HLP concept - workforce development, engagement (with the team and community) and creating a health promoting environment. These … [Read more...] about Healthy Living Pharmacy update