Community Pharmacy Flashcards
What are the 2 pharmaceutical lists?
- Pharmacy Contractor list - name and address of persons providing pharmaceutical services
- Dispensing Appliance Contractor - name and address of persons that provide appliances
When applying for the NHS applications for the Pharmacy Contractors list, which test is performed for market entry assessment?
Fit and Proper Person test
What does the Fit and Proper Person test cover?
- Convictions and cautions
- Investigations on fitness to practice
- Investigations on professional conduct by employer
- Pharmaceutical qualifications and works experience
If you are deemed fit and have been subjected to a new fitness to practice, what should you do?
- Notify the Integrated Care Board (ICB) within 7 days
True or False: Notifying the ICB on your new fitness to practice will lead to you being removed from the Pharmaceutical Contractors List.
False. Notifying the ICB will mean they will be more lenient as you have owned up to it.
Failure to do so will lead to you being removed from the Pharmaceutical Contractors List.
What is the Community Pharmacy Audit Framework (CPAF)?
To monitor the pharmacies services and make sure they are running appropriately.
What is the process of CPAF?
- CPAF screening questionnaire
- CPAF full questionnaire
- Monitoring visits
Who would come for the monitoring visit that is part of the CPAF? What is their role?
A person authorised in writing by NHS England. To make sure that the pharmacy is complying with the requirements and has certain procedures in place.
What are the 2 penalties?
- Remedial notice - can be fixed
- Breach notice - cannot be fixed
Any of these notices can result in what?
NHS England will withold payment
Continuous breaches of the terms of service will result in what?
NHS England will remove the pharmacy from the contractors list.
What are the 3 things that must be included on a remedial breach?
- The breach
- The steps taken to remedy the breach
- Time within when it should be done
What must be written on a breach notice?
The pharmacy owner must not repeat the breach.
Would the following result in a remedial notice or a breach notice?
A pharmacy owner failing to open during the listed hours.
Breach notice.
What are the 3 types of services called?
- Essential services
- Advanced services
- Enhanced services
What are the 9 essential services?
- Dispensing medicines
- Repeat dispensing and eRD
- Dispensing Appliances
- Public Health (lifestyle advice)
- Healthy Living Pharmacy
- Support for Self-care
- Signposting
- Disposal of Unwanted Medicines
- Discharge Medicines Service
What comes under the Dispensing of Medicines essential service?
- Records
- Record advice, interventions, referrals
- Dispense in form acceptable to patient
- Owings slip
- Medication advice
What comes under the Repeat Dispensing essential service?
Need to regularly check up on the patient for medication that they are taking.
What comes under the Dispensing of Appliances essential service?
- If don’t dispense appliances, refer patient to somewhere that does
- Dispense with ‘reasonable promptness’
- Offer home delivery
What comes under the Public Health essential service?
- Required to participate in up to 6 campaigns
- Undertake prescription-based interventions on major areas of public health concerns
What comes under the Healthy Living Pharmacy essential service?
- Workforce development - Health champion and leader
- Engagement
- Environment
What comes under the Support for Self-care essential service?
- OTC and advice
- Referrals
- Records if relevant for patient care
What comes under the Signposting essential service?
For person who requires further support, advice, treatment which cannot be provided by the pharmacy.
-> Refer to another healthcare professional
What comes under the Disposal of unwanted medicines essential service?
- Must accept unwanted medicines
- SOPs on what to do (including if there are any needles or sharps)
