Services Database Community Pharmacy PGD Service

To ensure that patients can, where appropriate, be supplied with a POM without the
need to consult a prescriber in their GP practice, integrated urgent care (IUC) or A&E. A
PGD service will support the urgent care system for patients attending pharmacy directly
or being referred via NHS 111 or their GP.

3.2 Aims and Intended Service Outcomes
3.2.1 To improve access and choice for people with some minor ailments normally
requiring an FP10 prescription.
3.2.2 Increase the scope of minor illness that community pharmacists can treat.
3.2.3 Make use of the 7 day and out of hours’ services provided by some community
pharmacies.
3.2.4 Ensure that patients are treated to the same clinical pathway in a consistent way
regardless of which healthcare professional the patient consults with across Bath,
Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) CCG.
3.2.5 Ensure that patients have a positive experience of care in a community pharmacy
setting and can be treated in a single episode of care.
3.2.6 Move care closer to home for patients
3.2.7 Reduce pressure on other parts of the healthcare system
3.2.6 Reduce referrals to prescribing services purely because of OTC medicine licensing
restrictions.