NHS ENGLAND GUIDE FOR COMMUNITY PHARMACY
Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey & Islington
FAQ FOR COMMUNITY PHARMACY
Please ensure you state the name of the Pharmacy and Borough when communicating to NHS Englandon the matters below to:
1.Advanced Services (MURS/NMS)
Requirements
- MURS/NMS accreditationcertificates
- Complete consultation room(s) approval form (Prem 1 and Prem 2 form)
- Send MUR/NMS quarterly reports to
Prem 1 and 2 Forms
Pharmacy contractors must self-certify to NHS England that their consultation area meets the required standard before beginning to conduct MURs. The Premises Self-Certification Form (PREM1) and the form to apply to NHS England for PCT consent to conduct an MUR away from a Pharmacy (PREM2) can be downloaded here.
The PREM 1 form and Prem 2 forms can be downloaded as below
1.1New Medicine Service
Please report your NMS data on a quarterly basis to:
More information on NMS could be access @:
Excel template to submit NMS data could be access @:
1.2Medicines Use Reviews
Please report your MUR data on a quarterly basis to:
More information on NMS could be access @:
Excel template to submit NMS data could be access @:
2.Payment Adjustments
2.1Switched Prescriptions
The onus is on pharmacy contractors to ensure exemption declarations are duly completed in compliance with their standard operating procedures (SOPs). NHS England Area Team would only on exceptional circumstances switch prescriptions for good cause. Pharmacy contractors would have to demonstrate evidence of good cause.Guidance on how to avoid prescription switching can be found on the PSNC Website requests to be send to:
NHS England
Southside
Primary Care Commissioning
NECL Area Team
2nd Floor
105 Victoria Street
London, SW1E 6QT
2.2 Top-up Payments Guidance
Where the total monthly Establishment and/or Practice Payments in relation to prescriptions passed for pricing are less than the amount which would have been paid had the payments been calculated on a six monthly basis, contractors can claim for a ‘top up’ payment. Templates and more information could be found @: All requests to be send to:
NHS England
Southside
Primary Care Commissioning
NECL Area Team
2nd Floor
105 Victoria Street
London, SW1E 6QT
3.Monitoring
100 hour pharmacies please send the completed embedded monitoring forms to NHS England North East & Central London Area Team quoting your pharmacy details i.e. pharmacy name, address and ODS codes. Please send via email to
4.Primary Care Support Service
The contacts required for primary care support services are listed in the tables below
Service / Contacts- Market Entry Applications (i.e. new contract applications, change of ownerships and relocations)
- Request to changecore hours
- Request to change supplementary hoursgiving less than 90 days
- Reporting closures/emergencies
- Requesting changes to supplementary hours giving 90 or more days notice
Please send your completed for to:
- Pre-registration Pharmacist Claims
- Advance payments expensive prescription medicines
- STATIONARY: FPs, HCs, RDs, FW, EPS2 Dispensing Tokens
T: 020 8238 3814
- Smart Cards/EPS R2
T: 020 7527 1444
For –Camden only
E:
T: 020 3688 1881
- ETP Monthly allowance for change of ownership & new pharmacies
Monthly Allowance claim form could be found @:
- Reporting forged/stolen prescription
- Incident Reporting System
E:
T: 0207 932 3100
- Drug Tariff Distribution (for new pharmacies only)
T: 020 8238 3814
- Specials Certificate of Conformity
Useful website links for EPS R2
5.Waste Collections
Pharmacy unwanted medicines waste (Pharmaceutical Waste) collection for Barnet, Enfield & Haringey is managed by PHS, contact number is 0870 241 7491.Unwanted medicines collections are made on a quarterly basis in most occasions.
Pharmacy unwanted medicines waste (Pharmaceutical Waste) collection for Camden & Islington is managed by Cannon Hygiene, contact number is 0844 967 0682. Unwanted medicines collections aremade on a quarterly basis in most occasions.
6.Accountable Officer/Reporting Control Drug Incidents
Supervision of Management and Use of Controlled DrugsNHS England Control Drug Accountable Officer is William Rial
Following the regulatory changes that took place in respect of the governance of controlled drugs (SI 2013/373) on 1 April 2013 the responsibilities of the Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer (CDAO) of the Primary Care Trust have moved to the CDAO(s) of NHS England. The following information sets out the new reporting arrangements for matters concerning controlled drugs in the NHS England (London Region).
With immediate effect all enquiries and/or concerns that relate to the management and use of controlled drugs should be emailed to the following email address:
Alternatively you may contact the NHS England (London Region) Medical Directorate by telephone and leave a message:
0207 932 3113
Please ensure that any members of your organisation that may have need to contact the Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer are made aware of this information.
Further Reference
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