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01/10/2019 By Michael Holden Leave a Comment

HLP Criteria Self-assessment

Healthy Living Pharmacy

The requirement for Healthy Living Pharmacies (HLPs) to reassess against the HLP Quality Criteria has moved from every two years to every three years. More information is available on the PSNC website. With HLP becoming an essential requirement in the community pharmacy contractual framework from April 2020, monitoring will fall under NHS England Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework so maintaining the criteria remains a key requirement. This evidenced capability will become increasingly … [Read more...] about HLP Criteria Self-assessment

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

30/09/2019 By Michael Holden Leave a Comment

Eye Health training for Community Pharmacy

Good Eye Health

Good eye health is important to everyone and pharmacies are often the first port of call for patients suffering with conditions such as dry eye and blepharitis. These are an important patient group to community pharmacy for self care advice and effective treatment so knowledge of the conditions and the best treatment is critical if we are to deliver good health outcomes and a great customer experience. Dry eye syndrome is estimated to affect up to 33% of the adult population and is more common … [Read more...] about Eye Health training for Community Pharmacy

Filed Under: Media, Viewpoint Tagged With: Blepharitis, Community pharmacy, Dry Eye, Eye Health, Self care

02/09/2019 By Michael Holden Leave a Comment

Community Pharmacy in a new NHS

NHS Long term plan

The NHS Long Term Plan sets out its ambitions for transformation over the next decade to ensure the NHS is fit for purpose in the future. The plan’s key aims are to: ensure everyone gets the best start in life; deliver world class care for major health problems; and support people to age well. So where does Pharmacy fit into the plan? Key areas that will impact on pharmacy include: make greater use of community pharmacy's accessibility and skills establishment of Primary Care … [Read more...] about Community Pharmacy in a new NHS

Filed Under: Healthy Living Pharmacy News, Viewpoint Tagged With: Community pharmacy, HLP, ICS, Long term plan, LPC, NHSLTP, PCN

23/07/2019 By Michael Holden Leave a Comment

New Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework 2019-2024

The English community pharmacy funding settlement for the next five years has been announced the first time that we have agreed a multi-year settlement. The agreement, set out in the new Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) which commences on 1st October 2019, aims to build on the clinical skills of community pharmacists and their teams which must be seen as a positive step. The Headlines Funding: The contract sum will remain unchanged at £2.592 billion until the end of … [Read more...] about New Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework 2019-2024

Filed Under: Healthy Living Pharmacy News, Media, Pharmacy Complete News, Viewpoint Tagged With: Contract, Healthy Living Pharmacy, HLP, Leadership, PCN, Pharmacy

16/07/2019 By Deborah Evans Leave a Comment

Are MURs worth it?

With the community pharmacy contractual framework under negotiation, one key question being asked will be about the future of Medicines Use Reviews (MURs). They are 14 years old (where has that time gone?) and as they reach adolescence, it is fair to say they have had a difficult infancy and childhood. It took a considerable amount of time and effort to get them off the ground and the sector is only delivering around three-quarters of MUR potential. There have been mumblings that pharmacists, … [Read more...] about Are MURs worth it?

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