More pharmacies in England claim for MURs
Over 4,000 contractors in England are now claiming payments for medicines use reviews, and the number of MURs claimed for by each pharmacy has also increased, official figures show.
The latest data from the NHS Business Services Authority Prescriptions
Pricing Division show that in November 2006 4,107 pharmacies claimed
payments for MURs (6 per cent increase on the previous month) and contractors
made claims for a total of 63,455 MURs (up 13 per cent on the figure
for October 2006). An average of 15 MURs per month were carried out by
each pharmacy.
Alastair Buxton, head of NHS services at the Pharmaceutical Services
Negotiating Committee, welcomed the rise in uptake
of MURs.
“Contractors are now recognising that the future of the community
pharmacy service lies in developing what we offer to patients,” he
said.
“The month-on-month growth in MURs conducted is pleasing to see
and demonstrates that the profession is getting to grips with this service,” he
added. “Contractors, local pharmaceutical committees and the pharmacy
bodies have put a lot of effort into supporting pharmacists to provide
MURs. It is essential that we all continue to work towards a situation
where MURs are ‘business as usual’ for community pharmacies
and their patients.”
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