community pharmacy

Question 1

What are the essential services defined in the CPCF?

Answer 1

1) dispensing medicines
2) electronic/repeat dispensing
3) unwanted medicines
4) public health
5) signposting
6) self care
7) clinical governance
8) dispensing appliances
9) discharge medicines service
10) healthy living pharmacy

Question 2

What standards must community pharmacies meet?

Answer 2

1) GPhC standards for registered pharmacies

2) NHS Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF)

Question 3

What is the Healthy Living Pharmacy (HLP) framework aimed at?

Answer 3

achieving consistent provision of a broad range of health promotion interventions through community pharmacies to meet local need, improving health + wellbeing of the local population + helping to reduce health inequalities

Question 4

What are the advanced services?

Answer 4

1) appliance use review (AUR)
2) community pharmacist consultation service (CPCS)
3) flu vaccination service
4) hepatitis C testing service
5) medicines use review (MUR)
6) new medicines service (NMS)
7) stoma appliance customisation (SAC)

Question 5

Who commissions locally commissioned services?

Answer 5

1) local authorities (LA)
2) clinical commissions groups (CCG)
3) local NHS England teams (enhanced services)
4) drug and alcohol action teams (DAAT)

Question 6

What course do pharmacy technicians have to have completed?

Answer 6

NVQ3

Question 7

What course do dispensers / pharmacy advisors have to have completed?

Answer 7

NVQ2

Question 8

What course do healthcare advisors have to have completed?

Answer 8

Healthcare Advisor Programme / Medicines Counter Assistant

Question 9

What conditions are included in the New Medicines Service (NMS)?

Answer 9

1) asthma + COPD
2) type 2 diabetes
3) antiplatelet / anticoagulant therapy
4) hypertension