The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 274 No 7344 p410
9 April 2005

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More contract details announced

The Pharmaceutical Services Directions 2005 for advanced and enhanced services in England were published last week, giving an indication of what services pharmacies will be able to offer under the enhanced services tier of the new community pharmacy contract.

The directions state that each primary care trust is authorised to arrange with pharmacists for the provision of a number of additional pharmaceutical services, which it defines in broad terms.

The services listed in the directions include:

· Minor ailment schemes
· Supplementary prescribing and prescriber support services
· Medication review, medicines assessment and compliance services
· Stop-smoking services
· Care home, delivery and schools services
· Disease specific medicines management
· Screening and anticoagulant monitoring

Other services include: gluten-free food supply, language access services, needle and syringe exchange, and on-demand availability of specialist drugs services.

The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee told The Journal that the specifications for enhanced services, which it had hoped might be published as early as May, will now not be available until the summer.