Pharmacy First – Nitrofurantoin Analysis
Published on: 18th July 2024 | Updated on: 18th July 2024
This data dashboard is principally for use by Local Pharmaceutical Committees in their conversations with local NHS organisations, Primary Care Networks and general practices in relation to the Pharmacy First service.
The dashboard contains NHSBSA PCA data from May 2023 to April 2024 for the dispensing in the community of solid dosage forms of Nitrofurantoin. It also contains data from the same source on the supply of Nitrofurantoin via the Pharmacy First clinical pathways (just for February to April 2024).
The purpose of displaying the data in the dashboard is to help local discussions on the potential number of general practice consultations for UTIs which could instead be provided via Pharmacy First in order to encourage more referrals from general practices to the service, freeing up appointments for other for use by other patients.
If you would like to examine the data at a more granular level, e.g. at PCN or general practice level, you can analyse prescribing data on the OpenPrescribing.net website.
For more information on this topic please email services.team@cpe.org.uk
