PCT contract toolkit planned
A toolkit to help primary care organisations decide which enhanced services to commission from community pharmacists under the new contract will be launched later this year.
The toolkit is being produced by NatPaCT, the national primary and care
trust development programme, and is being developed as part of a collaboration
between Alison Blenkinsopp at the department of medicines management,
University of Keele, and Webstar Health.
“For PCTs to successfully implement the new contract they will
need a sound assessment of pharmaceutical needs, of what is already being
provided
and of what providers might be prepared to do in the future,” said
Professor Blenkinsopp.
“We know that a lot of good work has been done locally. This project
is about bringing it all together and producing a toolkit that will be
useful
to PCTs,” she added.
Professor Blenkinsopp is keen to hear from PCTs that have already carried
out work in this area and who would be willing to test any draft outputs
from the project. She can be contacted by e-mail at a.blenkinsopp@keele.ac.uk
The toolkit will cover a range of topics including how to carry out a
needs assessment, how to find out what is already in place and what other
services providers may want to establish. It will then set out how to
combine this information to identify and then prioritise the gaps.
The toolkit is expected to be available by the end of the year.
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