Locally commissioned services
Published on: 10th July 2013 | Updated on: 7th January 2026
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 regional NHS England teams.
The following page and resources provide information on locally commissioned services.
Guidance on the development of local services and resources
The following webpages provide guidance and resources related to the development and commissioning of local services.
Guidance on developing a service proposal
Community Pharmacy England Locally Commissioned Services database
Service development tools and publications hub page
Services case studies hub page
Guidance on decommissioning of services
DHSC Advice to local authorities on scrutinising health services
NICE guideline: Community Pharmacies: promoting health and wellbeing
Community Pharmacy England briefings related to local commissioning
Community Pharmacy England Briefing: Contracts and the NHS Standard Contract
Community Pharmacy England Briefing: Contracts and SLAs
Community Pharmacy England Briefing: JSNA and JHWS
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Resources to assist with the commissioning of specific local services
Below you will find resources related to specific locally commissioned services.
For some of the services, there are template service specifications which can be used to inform an LPC’s local discussions on service development.
Examples of services that have been commissioned locally are available on our local services database.
Click on a heading below for more information
Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention template service specification
Health matters: harmful drinking and alcohol dependence (2016)
Case Study: Pharmacy London’s Alcohol Awareness Service (2013)
Support for community pharmacy-based alcohol interventions: a Scottish general public survey (2015)
Pharmacies may supply antivirals for the treatment of flu on NHS prescriptions, during the times when the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Pharmaceutical Officer have advised that seasonal influenza is circulating. Outside of that period, general practitioners are unable to prescribe antivirals under the General Medical Services regulations and alternative local commissioning arrangements need to be made.
Localised community outbreaks of influenza in the out of season period
To fulfil the need to respond to localised outbreaks in the out-of-season period, NHS Clinical Commissioners and its members worked with NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) to develop an approach whereby Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) will commission appropriate primary care clinicians to respond to these outbreaks, by assessing exposed persons for the antiviral treatment or prophylaxis and completing a patient specific direction or issuing a private prescription for this purpose.
Localised community outbreaks of influenza in the out of season period – template procedure (NHSE&I)
In some cases, supplies of the antiviral may be made from local PHE antiviral stocks (with the CCG funding replacement stock) or from hospital pharmacies. An alternative approach adopted by some CCGs, is to commission several community pharmacies to hold stock of the antivirals and to issue them against private prescriptions (pharmacies can’t make a supply against a patient specific direction) written by the primary care clinicians commissioned to respond to the local outbreaks.
Supply of antivirals during a flu pandemic
During the 2009 flu pandemic, some community pharmacies supplied antivirals as part of locally commissioned arrangements and as part of the system that supports the National Pandemic Flu Service (NPFS).
The NPFS is designed to supplement the response provided by primary care if the pressures during a flu pandemic mean that it is no longer practical for all those with symptoms to be individually assessed by a doctor or other health care professionals in order to access antiviral medicines.
The NPFS comprises an online and telephony self-assessment service where individuals are not assessed by a clinician but follow a process of answering questions which have been developed with extensive advice from clinicians, which determine whether the person who is ill is eligible for an antiviral medicine or not. Individuals may also be directed to other health interventions such as self-care advice at home or referral to the emergency services for an ambulance response.
Community Pharmacy England and NHSE&I have agreed an Enhanced service specification for pharmacies acting as antiviral collection points (ACP), which will be used to commission community pharmacies to supply antivirals, from the national Public Health England stockpile, to patients that have had a supply authorised by the NPFS. At the point that a flu pandemic is likely, Community Pharmacy England and NHSE&I will agree funding for provision of the service and the service specification will be released for use by regional NHSE&I teams.
Community Pharmacy England Think Pharmacy prospectus: Blood-borne virus screening (June 2019)
Public Health England – Pharmacy offer for sexual health, reproductive health and HIV (March 2019)
Service case study: HIV testing being offered in Cumbrian pharmacies (December 2016)
Community Pharmacy England Think Pharmacy prospectus: Cancer detection (June 2019)
Royal College of General Practitioners & Cancer Research UK – Primary Care Cancer Toolkit (Aug 2016)
Atrial fibrillation
Community Pharmacy England Think Pharmacy prospectus: AF case finding service (June 2019)
Services case study: Community pharmacists and hospital teams working together to find and treat AF and prevent stroke (September 2017)
Hypertension
Service case study: British Heart Foundation Innovation Award secures HLP pilot (January 2018)
Public Health England – Tackling high blood pressure: an update (January 2018)
Community Pharmacy England Briefing 028/14: Tackling high blood pressure. From evidence into action (Nov 2014)
This Briefing summarises the elements of PHE’s Tackling high blood pressure. From evidence into action that are of most relevance to community pharmacy.
Public Health England – Tackling high blood pressure. From evidence into action (Nov 2014)
Care Home template service specification
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society – Working in care homes hub (July 2016)
NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme
Cornwall PAM service expands to empower more patients with diabetes (July 2019)
Service case study: The community pharmacy patient activation project in Cornwall (July 2017)
Service case study: community pharmacy teams reach out to young people with diabetes (October 2016)
Service case study: Devon LPC’s Diabetes Support Service (2013)
Community Pharmacy England Think Pharmacy prospectus: Domiciliary Medicines Use Reviews (June 2019)
Case study: Croydon LPC’s Domiciliary Visiting Service (2013)
Community Pharmacy England Think Pharmacy prospectus: Falls prevention service (June 2019)
Community Pharmacy England Briefing 047/15: Supporting frail, vulnerable and older people to live independently (Aug 2015)
This Community Pharmacy England Briefing provides background information and statistics on the challenges people face in managing their medicines; and provides examples of locally commissioned pharmacy services which are supporting and empowering people to manage their medicines, while assisting them to live independently and prevent hospital admissions.
Community Pharmacy Future Project: Four or More Medicines (FOMM) Support Service
This service was aimed at patients aged over 65 years taking four or more medicines with one of the aims being to reduce falls risk and fear of falls through multifactoral risk assessment and interventions or referral to another healthcare professional.
Service case study: New GP2Pharmacy service in South Tyneside (January 2019)
Service case study: Community pharmacists reduce workload for GPs in Sheffield LPC (June 2016)
NHS Improving Quality: Case study Lewisham CCG Walk in my shoes (March 2015)
Walk in my shoes toolkit (June 2017)
This Community Pharmacy England Briefing provides a toolkit for community pharmacy owners or LPCs to use who are interested in setting up a ‘Walk in my Shoes’ programme to bring together community pharmacy teams and GP practice teams to help each other understand their roles, improve working relationships and ultimately provide better care for their patients.
Commissioning Medicines Optimisation Services From Community Pharmacy Guidance For Commissioners (October 2016)
Services case study: Utilising community pharmacists to reduce prescribing waste (March 2018)
Background
According to the Kings Fund, on an average day in the NHS there are:
- Nearly 1.3 million people would attend a GP appointment; and
- More than 44,000 people would attend a major accident and emergency (A&E) department.
Nearly one in five (18%) of GP consultations are for minor ailments alone. If these consultations could be handled by a pharmacist or the pharmacy team, at least an hour a day could be released for every GP to see patients with more complex needs and it could potentially reduce patient waiting times (PAGB and PSNC Submission to the Pharmacy White Paper).
Minor ailments are are also one of the most common issues that result in the use of urgent care services and it has been found that 8% of A&E consultations could be managed by a pharmacist if a pharmacy service was commissioned (Bednall R, et al. Identification of patients attending accident and emergency who may be suitable for treatment by a pharmacist. Fam Pract (2003); 20(1): 54–57.3).
The NHS England ‘Transforming urgent and emergency care’ report stated that community pharmacy services can play an important role in enabling self-care, particularly amongst patients with minor ailments.
Many common and minor ailments can be treated in community pharmacies by providing brief advice and/or medicines classified as general sales list (GSL) or pharmacy-only (P). Occasionally a patient may require a specific prescription only medicine (POM). Where appropriate, this can be offered by the pharmacist working under a patient group direction (PGD). Some patients may also benefit from a referral to another healthcare provider or a source of information to support self-care of their condition.
A locally commissioned Minor Ailment Service (MAS) would compliment the existing Pharmacy First Advanced Service and allow patients with a defined, non-serious condition or injury to be additionally supported by the community pharmacy of their choice for advice and/or over-the-counter treatment. Patients could access the service directly at the pharmacy or be referred or directed by NHS 111, general practice staff or another healthcare professional as part of the Pharmacy First Service. In some circumstances, someone may present at the pharmacy on behalf of the patient, e.g. a parent for their child or a carer.
Where commissioned, appropriate patients are able to obtain specified GSL, and P medicines at NHS expense. They may also be able to access certain POM medicines under an appropriate PGD.
Community Pharmacy England resources
Community Pharmacy England Briefing 044/17: Analysis of Minor Ailment Services data (July 2017)
This Community Pharmacy England Briefing provides details of an analysis carried out by Pinnacle Health Partnership of data from Minor Ailment Services (MAS) commissioned from community pharmacies and collected via the PharmOutcomes system.
Community Pharmacy England Briefing 043/17: Analysis of Minor Ailment Services in England (July 2017)
Following a review of Minor Ailment Service (MAS) service specifications and other associated documents, Community Pharmacy England has conducted an analysis on the different MAS commissioned across England. This Community Pharmacy England Briefing provides a summary of this analysis which may be of particular interest to LPCs developing proposals for MAS in their area or those who are reviewing existing MAS.
Service case study: New GP2Pharmacy service in South Tyneside (January 2019)
Community Pharmacy England Briefing 038/15: Community Pharmacy England Update on negotiations on a national Minor Ailments Advice Service (Jul 2015)
Community Pharmacy England had hoped that it would be able to reach agreement with the NHS on such a service as part of the 2015/16 settlement and in lengthy discussions with the NHS we had developed a detailed proposal for this. NHS England subsequently decided not to pursue this. The Briefing contains a more detailed update on negotiations on a national Minor Ailments Advice Service.
Community Pharmacy England and PAGB submission to DH on minor ailments (Dec 2007)
Extended Care PGD Services toolkit
The below documents constitute the Extended Care PGD Service toolkit (published October 2021):
- Building a business case for Extended Care PGD Services – a case for change (PDF);
- Community Pharmacy Extended Care PGD Service Business Case (Microsoft Word);
- Building a Business Case for Extended Care PGD Services – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), Hints and Tips (PDF);
- Appendix 1&2 – Business case figures 2021 (Microsoft Excel);
- Extended Care PGD Service – Financial projections (Microsoft Excel); and
- Extended Care PGD Service – Service costing estimate (Microsoft Excel).
Other resources
Community Pharmacy England Think Pharmacy poster – Common illnesses (Dec 2012)
Community Pharmacy England Think Pharmacy prospectus: Minor ailment service via PGD (June 2019)
In April 2008 the Department of Health (DH) published Putting prevention first. Vascular Checks: risk assessment and management which announced the development of a Vascular Risk Assessment (VRA) service across England for people aged 40 to 74 years. Two days after that announcement DH published its pharmacy White Paper, Pharmacy in England – Building on strengths, delivering the future, which highlighted the role of community pharmacy in the provision of VRA.
In April 2009 the Department of Health launched the public branding for the VRA programme – NHS Health Check.
More detail on the programme has been published in two Department of Health documents:
Putting prevention first- vascular checks: risk assessment and management – next steps guidance for primary care trusts (November 2008)
NHS Health Check: Vascular Risk Assessment and Management Best Practice Guidance (April 2009)
What is the aim of the programme?
The aim of the NHS Health Check programme is to offer a straightforward risk assessment for diseases affecting the vascular system, including diabetes and chronic kidney disease, to everyone between 40 and 74 years of age. It is expected that once fully implemented, the programme will prevent on average 1,600 heart attacks and strokes, and save at least 650 lives each year.
The longer term aims of the NHS Health Check programme are:
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To reduce premature death from related vascular conditions including Coronary Heart Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, stroke, Transient Ischaemic Attacks and Peripheral Arterial Disease;
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To reduce the incidence of these related vascular conditions; and
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To narrow inequalities in premature death from these related vascular conditions.
When did it start?
The programme was introduced by PCTs from 1 April 2009; in April 2013 local authorities took over responsibility for commissioning the service.
Template service specification
Community Pharmacy England has developed a template national service specification for the NHS Health Check service, working collaboratively with the Department of Health’s Vascular Team and the Medicines, Pharmacy and Industry Division. The template service specification provides a starting point for the development of local service specifications by LPCs and local authorities. Alternatively, LPCs, pharmacy owners or the service commissioner are free to develop their own local services in response to identified needs.
NHS Health Check template service specification (Microsoft Word)
Community Pharmacy England support for LPCs and community pharmacists
In February 2009 Community Pharmacy England organised a series of seminars on VRA for LPCs across England in order to support them in making a bid for a pharmacy based VRA service in their local area.
Alongside the seminars Community Pharmacy England published guidance, in three parts, for LPCs. The guidance contains a wealth of information and links relating to VRA, setting up the service, standards, assessment of costs, and much more. As this is a working resource for a new and evolving Enhanced service and the documents contain a large number of embedded links to other resources, they are only available in electronic format via the links below.
Part 1 of the guidance contains background information to support LPCs’ preparation prior to developing a local VRA service.
Part 2 supports LPCs with making the case for a VRA service commissioned from community pharmacy. It provides a step by step approach to making a bid. Not all steps may be relevant in your area, depending on local circumstances.
This section has a linked template PowerPoint presentation that will help LPCs to highlight the added value that community pharmacy can bring to the delivery of a VRA service.
Part 3 of this guide contains guidance on the use of a financial spreadsheet to assist LPCs in developing an effective bid. The spreadsheet can be downloaded here. The introductory presentation on how to use the spreadsheet delivered by Mike Dent (Head of Finance) at the LPC seminars can be downloaded here. Queries on the use of the spreadsheet should be directed to Mike Dent.
A copy of the PowerPoint presentation used at the LPC seminars can be downloaded here.
Useful resources and websites
Community Pharmacy England Think Pharmacy prospectus: NHS Health Checks (June 2019)
e-Learning for healthcare – NHS Health Check e-learning
LGA: Getting under the bonnet: Implementing the NHS Health Check
The NHS Health Check in England: an evaluation of the first 4 years
On Demand Availability of Specialist Drugs template service specification
Above is a nationally negotiated template service specification (developed and agreed by Community Pharmacy England, the Department of Health and NHS Employers). LPCs and pharmacy owners are able to negotiate to provide services in accordance with this specification where a local need for the service is determined. Alternatively LPCs, pharmacy owners or the service commissioner are free to develop their own local services in response to identified needs.
Out of Hours template service specification
Above is a nationally negotiated template service specification (developed and agreed by Community Pharmacy England, the Department of Health and NHS Employers). LPCs and pharmacy owners are able to negotiate to provide services in accordance with this specification where a local need for the service is determined. Alternatively LPCs, pharmacy owners or the service commissioner are free to develop their own local services in response to identified needs.
Community Pharmacy England and NHS England worked together in 2014 to review the commissioning of out of hours (rota) services. The results of this collaborative working can be viewed by LPC members by logging into the LPC Resources Centre on the Community Pharmacy England website.
Patient Group Directions (PGDs) provide a legal framework that allows some medicines to be supplied and/or administered by named, authorised, registered health professionals, to a pre-defined group of patients needing preventative treatment or treatment for a condition without the need for a prescription. PGDs may be appropriate when medicine use follows a predictable pattern, such as for patients attending for contraception, or where patients seek unscheduled care, such as for a minor ailment in a community pharmacy or walk-in centre.
Community Pharmacy England Briefing 004/13: Patient Group Directions (Jan 2013, updated Aug 2013)
With changes in NHS and local government structures, there may be times when PGDs need to be transferred to a new organisation. This briefing summarises the process which needs to be followed locally when PGDs are transferred to a new organisation.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has published a PGD guide outlining who can supply or administer specific medicines to patients without a doctor under a PGD and which medicines can be administered.
The Specialist Pharmacy Service website provides, and signposts to, tools and resources which will help guide organisations and practitioners through the PGD legal framework and associated processes with PGDs.
NICE good practice guidance on Patient Group Directions (Aug 2013)
This guidance was developed to help individuals and organisations who are considering the need for, developing, authorising, using and/or updating PGDs to ensure they are appropriate, legal and that relevant governance arrangements are in place within commissioning and provider organisations. The guidance underlines that supplying and/or administering medicines under PGD should be reserved for situations where this offers an advantage for patient care without compromising patient safety and where there are clear governance arrangements and accountability.
Is extension of an expiry date of a PGD allowed without review and re-authorisation of the PGD?
Specialist Pharmacy Service provide advice on this matter on their website.
Asthma
Asthma UK – Patient safety failures in asthma care: the scale of unsafe prescribing in the UK (2014)
Case Study: South Yorkshire LPC’s Joint Respiratory Service (Jun 2012)
Community Pharmacy England Think Pharmacy prospectus: Inhaler technique service (June 2019)
Community Pharmacy England Think Pharmacy prospectus: Asthma management service (June 2019)
Community Pharmacy England Briefing 064/16: Inhaler technique services (November 2016)
Have you joined the Asthma + Lung UK healthcare professionals’ hub?
Most community pharmacists will provide NMS services to people with asthma on a regular basis, but are you keeping up to date with the resources and support that Asthma + Lung UK can provide to you and your patients?
Asthma + Lung UK offers a range of materials to support healthcare professionals working with people with asthma, including ‘‘Your asthma healthcare team’. You can sign up to the Asthma + Lung UK healthcare professionals’ hub to explore the latest patient information, access professional resources, and subscribe to their newsletter for updates.
COPD
Community Pharmacy England resources
COPD rescue packs toolkit
This toolkit has been developed to support the implementation of a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) rescue pack service within community pharmacy. Local commissioners can use this as a resource when considering commissioning such a service from community pharmacies.
Community Pharmacy England Briefing 049/17: COPD rescue packs toolkit (July 2017)
Patient information leaflet – Rescue pack information (Prednisolone and Amoxicillin)
Patient information leaflet – Rescue pack information (Prednisolone and Clarithromycin)
Patient information leaflet – Rescue pack information (Prednisolone and Co-amoxiclav)
Patient information leaflet – Rescue pack information (Prednisolone and Doxycycline)
Other Community Pharmacy England resources
Community Pharmacy England Think Pharmacy prospectus: Inhaler technique service (June 2019)
Community Pharmacy England Briefing 064/16: Inhaler technique services (November 2016)
Other resources
Community Pharmacy Future Project – COPD Case Finding Service – This service was aimed at identifying patients with undiagnosed COPD for earlier interventions. The full results of the service evaluation have been published in the International Journal of Pharmacy Practice (2015).
Community Pharmacy Future Project – COPD Support Service – This service was aimed at diagnosed patients with COPD. The full results of the service evaluation have been published in the International Journal of Pharmacy Practice (2015).
Service case Study: South Yorkshire LPC’s Joint Respiratory Service (2013)
Public Health England – Pharmacy offer for sexual health, reproductive health and HIV (March 2019)
Chlamydia screening and treatment
Chlamydia Screening & Treatment template service specification
Above, is a nationally negotiated template service specification (developed and agreed by Community Pharmacy England, the Department of Health and NHS Employers). LPCs and pharmacy owners are able to negotiate to provide services in accordance with this specification where a local need for the service is determined. Alternatively LPCs, pharmacy owners or the service commissioner are free to develop their own local services in response to identified needs.
Community Pharmacy England Think Pharmacy prospectus: Chlamydia screening and treatment (June 2019)
Public Health England (PHE) published guidance for local authority commissioners in November 2014 – Information to support the commissioning of chlamydia screening in general practice and community pharmacies. The document explains about some of the benefits of commissioning the service from primary care providers such as community pharmacies and general practices and it suggests elements that should be included in service specifications for the service.
National Chlamydia Screening Programme website
Condom distribution and C-card schemes
Public Health England – Condom distribution schemes in England (October 2017)
This paper highlights the findings of a study by Public Health England on condom distribution schemes in England.
NHS support for victims and survivors of sexual assault and abuse
Should an individual need assistance, NHS sexual assault referral centres (SARCs) provide a safe space and dedicated care for anyone who has been raped, sexually assaulted or abused.
SARCs are available across England, to all regardless of sex, gender identity, age, the type of incident and when it happened. Individuals can get help from a SARC without having to talk to the police or report what happened to them.
SARCs offer specialist practical, medical and emotional support 24/7, which includes crisis care, medical and forensic examinations, emergency contraception and testing for sexually transmitted infections. They can also arrange access to an independent sexual violence advisor, as well as referrals to mental health support and voluntary sector sexual violence support services.
Access to a SARC is by appointment; individuals can contact a SARC to make an appointment or ask a health care professional, family member, friend or other representative to do this for them. Individuals also have the option of accessing a SARC by police referral or escort.
Getting help from a SARC
Click here to find your nearest SARC.
Further information is available at www.nhs.uk/sarcs.
Identifying and Responding to Sexual Assault and Abuse programme
Pharmacists and pharmacy staff who want to undertake additional training to support with information giving and advice for identifying and responding to sexual assault and abuse can access a free e-learning programme available through the e-learning for Healthcare portal. The resources are aimed at health and care professionals who may be involved in the care of people who have experienced rape, sexual assault or abuse.
Sharps disposal template service specification (Microsoft Word)
Stop Smoking template service specification (Microsoft Word)
Above is a nationally negotiated template service specification (developed and agreed by Community Pharmacy England, the Department of Health and NHS Employers) and associated resources on the service. LPCs and pharmacy owners are able to negotiate to provide services in accordance with this specification where a local need for the service is determined. Alternatively LPCs, pharmacy owners or the service commissioner are free to develop their own local services in response to identified needs.
Community Pharmacy England Think Pharmacy prospectus: Stop smoking (June 2019)
Community Pharmacy England Briefing 070/13: NICE public health guidance: Tobacco – harm reduction approaches to smoking (Jun 2013)
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended wider use of licensed nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for smokers who struggle to quit, in landmark national public health guidance on how healthcare professionals should help smokers who find it difficult to give up.
The Community Pharmacy England resource Community Pharmacy – at the Heart of Public Health describes the main public health services that are provided by community pharmacies and the evidence base for these services.
Stop smoking services: models of delivery (Public Health England, September 2017)
This document is intended to support Directors of Public Health and local healthcare commissioners with the provision of local stop smoking support; it provides useful information to be considered by LPCs and others when community pharmacy stop smoking services are being developed.
Community pharmacy: delivering substance misuse services (Jan 2024)
Naloxone programmes
The Department of Health, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and Public Health England have produced a Widening the availability of naloxone (Updated Jun 2016) factsheet explaining the regulations that were introduced on the 1st October 2015 and how they can be implemented.
The Department of Health and Social Care have produced a guide to the legislation enabling drug services and others to supply take home naloxone without a prescription to save a life in an emergency.
Needle and syringe programmes
Needle & Syringe exchange template service specification
Above is a nationally negotiated template service specification (developed and agreed by Community Pharmacy England, the Department of Health and NHS Employers) and associated resources on the service. LPCs and pharmacy owners are able to negotiate to provide services in accordance with this specification where a local need for the service is determined. Alternatively LPCs, pharmacy owners or the service commissioner are free to develop their own local services in response to identified needs.
Community Pharmacy England Think Pharmacy prospectus: Needle and syringe programme (June 2019)
Community Pharmacy England Briefing 013/14: NICE public health guidance – Needle and syringe programmes (Apr 2014)
NICE has issued new guidance on needle and syringe programmes (PH52), and the majority of the ten recommendations include actions by community pharmacy, as most of the current services are provided by pharmacies. The recommendations will be taken into account by local authorities when reviewing and commissioning local services and this Briefing summarises the guidance and recommended actions.
Supervised administration
Supervised Administration Service template service specification
Above is a nationally negotiated template service specification (developed and agreed by Community Pharmacy England, the Department of Health and NHS Employers) and associated resources on the service. LPCs and pharmacy owners are able to negotiate to provide services in accordance with this specification where a local need for the service is determined. Alternatively LPCs, pharmacy owners or the service commissioner are free to develop their own local services in response to identified needs.
Pharmaceutical Services for Drug Users
Community Pharmacy England Think Pharmacy prospectus: Supervised consumption of medicines (Sep 2015)
Information on Blood borne virus screening can be found further up this webpage.
Community Pharmacy England Briefing 011/15: Tuberculosis (Mar 2015)
This Community Pharmacy England Briefing provides background information on tuberculosis (TB) and highlights the TB public health problem in the UK. The Briefing summarises the Public Health England (PHE) and NHS England ‘Public Collaborative Tuberculosis Strategy for England 2015 to 2020’ by highlighting elements of the document that are of most relevance to community pharmacy. In addition, the Briefing provides details on two different TB services that are currently being commissioned across two Local Pharmaceutical Committee (LPC) areas as well as useful resources for patients and for pharmacists and their teams to access.
Service case study: A partnered and co-ordinated flu season campaign with GPs (December 2016)
Public Health England – Protocol for ordering, storing and handling vaccines (Updated Apr 2014)
Pinnacle Health/PharmOutcomes – Flash Card on Hepatitis B vaccination (Oct 2013)
Weight management template service specification (children) (Microsoft Word)
Weight management template service specification (adults) (Microsoft Word)
Community Pharmacy England Think Pharmacy prospectus: Weight management service (June 2019)
Community Pharmacy England Briefing 033/13: Developing a specification for Weight Management Services (Apr 2013)
In England, most people are now overweight or obese and the Government has published a policy for reducing obesity and improving diet: Healthy Lives, Healthy People: a call to action on obesity in England. This Community Pharmacy England Briefing summarises the Government policy on obesity and guidance on the development of service specifications for weight management services.
Public Health England has published a series of resources focussing on tier 2 adult weight management services (June 2017)
For more information on this topic please email services.team@cpe.org.uk
