Commissioning & Services
| There are three tiers of services in the NHS Pharmacy Contract: | |
| 1. | Essential Services – services that must normally be provided by all pharmacy contractors – such as dispensing medicines and appliances, repeat dispensing, disposal of unwanted medicines, promotion of healthy lifestyles, signposting, support for self-care and the Discharge Medicines Service (DMS) |
| 2. | Advanced Services – services that require accreditation of the pharmacist providing the service and/or specific requirements to be met in regard to premises – such as Pharmacy First, Stop Smoking (SCS), NMS, the NHS Flu Vaccination Service, Pharmacy Contraception Service, Lateral Flow Device Service and the Hypertension Case Finding Service. |
| 3. | Locally Commissioned Services – services commissioned locally by a number of different routes including Local Authorities, ICBs and local NHS England team. By definition, these vary according to locality, for details select your area below: |
For further details, see NHS Community Pharmacy Promotional Materials – (issued July 2023):