The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 276 No 7386 p126
4 February 2006

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Uptake of supplementary prescribing grants slow in Scotland

More supplementary prescribers in Scotland should make use of the grants and payments available to them, the Scottish Pharmaceutical General Council has said.

“To date the uptake of this money has been slow in relation to the number of qualified supplementary prescribers,” the Scottish Pharmaceutical General Council said. “This is new money that the SPGC has negotiated for community pharmacy. It would therefore be helpful if as many pharmacists as possible made use of the money before the end of the fiscal year.”

NHS circular PCA(P)(2005) 13 gives details of how supplementary prescribers can access a grant of £500 towards setting up clinics and a payment of £150 per day for the running costs, it added.