Scottish contract payments dependent on training
|
IT training toolkit must be completed by the end
of January 2008 |
Pharmacy contractors in Scotland must complete IT and clinical training
in order to receive the next phases of contract preparation payments
(PJ, 9 June, p663).
For phase 2, pharmacists must complete a nationally co-ordinated IT training
programme. Every community pharmacy will be sent an IT toolkit by early
December that has been developed by community pharmacy IM&T facilitators.
“
Community pharmacists should work their way through the toolkit by the
end of January 2008,” this week’s NHS circular (PDF,
80K) states. In addition, pharmacists need to ensure they train pharmacy
staff
in
relevant
parts of the programme by the end of March 2008.
Phase 3 involves two clinical training packs provided by NHS Education
for Scotland. The topics are chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and
rheumatoid arthritis. Packs are available through local NES courses or
direct from NES Pharmacy, and must be completed by the end of March 2008.
Other aspects of phase 3 include premises development (PJ, 1 September,
p225) and completion of an NES pack on the acute medication service,
which will be available early next year. Harry McQuillan, chief executive
officer, Community Pharmacy Scotland, commented: “The timescales
are tight but had to be so to secure contract funding by March [the end
of the financial year].”
|
The
Pharmaceutical Journal
Acrobat
Reader