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Preparing to provide the Service

Preparing to provide the Service  (with info below)

 

  • Download and read the service specification and clinical pathways
  • Remember to sign up via MYS. Pharmacy owners providing CPCS and wanting to provide Pharmacy First must sign-up via MYS; there will be no rollover of the registrations for CPCS to the Pharmacy First service.
  • Place an order for your otoscope- see annex C for further details
  • Download and start ​reading the PGDs and​ clinical protocol 
  • Start considering which IT system you want to use and look into costs and contracting. ​The full dataset for the Pharmacy First service can be found in Annex B of the service specification.
  • Provide an initial briefing on the service for your staff​ and pharmacy team.
  • Create a training plan with pharmacists who will provide the service (using the CPPE self-assessment), including ensuring they know how to use an otoscope​.
  • Start to develop an SOP or update your CPCS SOP
  • We are aware NHS England is developing a marketing campaign for the service, we will keep you posted.
  • We have already started to brief Local Medical Committees and general practices about the service and we will continue to work with ICB to ensure that the remainder of primary care is also ready.

You can find access to the LLR and other Midlands regions up to date Annex D. The spreadsheet includes contact details for across Midlands but there is also a tab for LLR.

Please also refer to the PharmFirst Action poster – which provides detailed narrative around when 111 should be contacted. (*with regards to the 7 functionality, you have to press *7 at the right time**)

Annex D_ Key contact Details July 2023

NHS111 PharmFirst Actions Poster v1