Society asked to support harmonisation of accreditations by primary care organisations
The Society should engage fully in supporting harmonisation of the accreditation of extended practices funded by primary care organisations (PCOs), the branch
representatives’ meeting decided.
The aim would be to ensure that certificated training gained in one PCO
would also apply in any other PCO adopting the same scheme, and especially
within the boundaries of the host strategic health authority in England
or the equivalent bodies in Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man and the
Channel Islands.
Proposing the motion, Harlene Kithoray (Nottingham) said that England
had 152 primary care trusts and 10 strategic health authorities. A pharmacist
might be fully qualified to provide a service in one trust area but unable
to offer the exact same service at a pharmacy located in an adjacent
area.
Boundary issues prevented adequate patient care and stopped an effective
service from being provided from competent pharmacy professionals, he
said. There should be standard competencies for local enhanced services
across PCO boundaries and applicable to all pharmacy professionals.
By implementing the motion the Society would be able to make harmonisation
of accreditation a reality, enabling the profession to deliver a world-class
clinical pharmaceutical service across Britain.
Gordon Ross (Nottingham), seconding the motion, said that harmonisation
of accreditation was up and running and working well in NHS North West,
with a range of agreed competency framework. He warned that a sense of
urgency was needed if the Society in its present form was to ensure action
across Britain.
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