Services Database Supply of Palliative Care Medicines through Community Pharmacy (Manchester Area)

Providers will maintain a minimum stock level of palliative care medicines, as detailed
in Appendix 1. Allowances will be made for medicines issued and awaiting delivery
from the wholesaler and where stock is unavailable due to manufacturing problems.
This list will be agreed between the commissioner lead, local palliative care specialists
and the LPC. The agreed list will be updated as necessary and communicated to
providers accordingly.

The list of pharmacies that have agreed to provide this service (section 5 and Appendix
2), together with contact details will be shared with all community pharmacies, all GP
Practices, all care home providers, Out of Hours (OOH) services, community services,
NHS 111 and local palliative care teams in the area.
3.2.3 The pharmacy will ensure all staff including locums are aware of the service and will
produce a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) which all staff should adhere to. The
SOP will include:
• List of agreed medicines
• Details of wholesalers – delivery/order times and contact details
• Contact details of other pharmacies providing the service (Appendix 2)
• Contact details for the commissioner lead Greater Manchester Integrated Care
Board (ICB) – Manchester Locality
• Record of stock check
• Process of escalating stock availability to commissioner lead
• Significant event reporting
• A review date