The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 278 No 7450 p515
5 May 2007

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Supplementary prescribing funding extended

Scottish funding for supplementary prescribing clinics will continue in 2007-08, with money also on offer for new clinics. This will cover the transitional period until the introduction of the chronic medication service in April 2008.

An NHS circular published this week (PDF 160K) sets out the details of the scheme which enables community pharmacists and GPs to jointly establish supplementary prescribing clinics. The funding of £150 for a half-day clinic each week remains the same but the payment towards the initial cost of setting up the clinics has been increased from £500 to £750.

Co-ordination of the funding has been transferred to NHS boards (from NHS National Services Scotland), and pharmacists who already have funding in place will have this automatically extended.