The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 278 No 7440 p211
24 February 2007

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Public health developments to pharmacy contract in Lothian

All community pharmacies in Lothian will be visited during the next two weeks as part of the development of the public health service (PHS) in Scotland.

The PHS is a core service within the new contract in Scotland. It comprises two tiers, the first of which is already in place. The Lothian visits relate to the second tier.

This second tier will involve displaying NHS public health materials either in the pharmacy window or on the pharmacy frontage.

Alison Strath, principal pharmaceutical officer, Scottish Executive Health Department, told The Journal that the aim of the visits, to be conducted by CJC Media, is to examine the range of windows and frontages that pharmacies have, and to consider the implications for producing, supplying and maintaining display materials.

Following this, a solution that can be rolled out across Scotland will be finalised by the Scottish Executive and Scottish Pharmaceu-tical General Council.