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19/10/2018 By Michael Holden Leave a Comment

HLP – more than a tick box exercise

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

Filed Under: Healthy Living Pharmacy News, Media, Viewpoint Tagged With: Community pharmacy, Future of pharmacy, Health Champions, Healthy Living Pharmacy, HLP, Pharmacy Future, Quality Criteria, Quality Payments

29/09/2018 By Michael Holden Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: Healthy Living Pharmacy News, Viewpoint Tagged With: Health Champions, Healthy Living Pharmacy, HLP, Prevention, Public Health, QPS, Quality Criteria, Quality Payments

08/01/2018 By Michael Holden 1 Comment

Hidden value

I was in Practice on Saturday - working for an independent community pharmacy owned by the adjacent GP practice. As frequently happens, we received a call from a young woman (late 20′s) who wanted to speak to the pharmacist. This case highlights just how much value pharmacists add to the health system but goes completely unnoticed by those who hold the purse-strings. She explained she had Lupus and had been late requesting a flu vaccination. She was visiting her mother from the North West … [Read more...] about Hidden value

Filed Under: Viewpoint Tagged With: Healthy Living Pharmacy, HLP, Pharmacist, Pharmacy, Quality Payments

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