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PSNC outlines service development proposals

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PSNC outlines service development proposals

PSNC has published a set of proposals outlining how pharmacy services could develop in the future amid the Government drive for efficiency.

The proposals include the introduction of a care package, which would see repeat dispensing becoming a default option where medicines are needed on a long-term basis, patient registration at pharmacies, and pharmacies offering enhanced medicines optimisation services.

Pharmacies would also offer inhaler technique checks and advice routinely, undertake targeted prescription interventions, support patients after discharge from hospital and offer minor ailments and emergency supply services.

The proposals offer a way to achieve a clinically focused community pharmacy service, the need for which was highlighted in the Government’s open letter from 17 December regarding funding cuts and “efficiencies”. PSNC will undertake further development work on them, subject to the response they receive from DH and NHS England.

Read a summary of PSNC's service development proposals at www.psnc.org.uk/our-news/psnc-update-service-development-proposals-published.

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