Locally Commissioned Services
Published on: 10th July 2013 | Updated on: 29th October 2025
Locally commissioned community pharmacy services can be contracted via a number of different routes and by different commissioners, including local authorities, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and local NHS England teams.
The following page and resources provide information on locally commissioned services.
Guidance on the development of local services and resources
Below is a list of guidance and resources on the development of local services.
Template service specifications and resources for locally commissioned services
The following are links to pages containing template service specifications. Some of these are nationally agreed templates, others have not been nationally agreed and are drafts. These template service specifications and associated resources should be used to inform an LPC’s local discussions on service development.
Examples of services that have been commissioned locally are available on the Community Pharmacy England local services database.
Tools and publications which may be useful to support the commissioning of local services can be found on the Service development tools and publications hub and in the Community Pharmacy England Services Case Studies Hub.
Other resources including National Institute for Health and Care Excellence – Community Pharmacies: promoting health and wellbeing (August 2018) may also be useful.
Additional resources and relevant Community Pharmacy England briefings
For more information on this topic please email services.team@cpe.org.uk
