Berkshire – Locally Commissioned Services

Local Authority Public Health Teams in Berkshire (Bracknell Forest Council, Slough Borough Council, Reading Borough Council, Wokingham Borough Council, West Berkshire Council and The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead) currently commission the following services from Community Pharmacy:

EHC Berkshire West (Reading, Wokingham, West Berkshire)

• Service Specification 2025-27
• Levonorgestrol Berkshire West EHC PGD 
• Ulipristal Berkshire West PGD
• Find an EHC Pharmacy provider here

EHC East Berkshire (Bracknell, RBWM, Slough)

• EHC contract and service specification 2024-2026
• EHC Levonorgestrel PGD Berkshire East_2024_26
• EHC Ulipristal PGD Berkshire East_2024_26

Substance Misuse

• Bracknell – New Hope:
  • Supervised Consumption – Contract – 1st April 2024-31st March 2027
  • Needle Exchange – Contract – 1st April 2024-31st March 2027
• Slough – Turning Point:
  • Supervised Consumption – SLA 1st April 2025 – 31st March 2028 – Part A; Part B
  • Needle Exchange – SLA 1st April 2025 – 31st March 2028 – Part A; Part B
  • Turning Point Pharmacy Help Guide
• RBWM – Cranstoun:
  • Supervised Consumption 1 April 2025- 31 March 2027 – Supervised Consumption RBWM Final Contract 2025
  • Needle Exchange 1 April 2025-31 March 2027 – Service Specification – Needle Syringe Programme RBWM Final Contract 2025
• Reading – CGL:
  • Needle Exchange – Service Specification 2024-26
  • Supervised Consumption:
    • CGL CORE MAT SLA with annual MAT
    • Core MAT Pharmacy Manual
    • CORE MAT How to claim for supervised and unsupervised clients 2024
    • CoreMAT Pharmoutcomes presentation video
    • CGL Training Webinar for new 24-26 Contract (Reading Pharmacies)
• West Berkshire – Via:
  • Needle Exchange – Service Specification 1st April 2024-31st March 2026
  • Supervised Consumption – Service Specification 1st April 2024-31st March 2026
  • Take Home Naloxone – Service Specification – 1st April 2024-31st March 2026
• Wokingham – Cranstoun
  • Needle Exchange – Service Specification – needle syringe programme Wokingham 25- March 26
  • Substance Misuse – Service Specification April 2021-March 2026

ICBs in Berkshire currently commission the following service from Community Pharmacy:

• Guaranteed Provision of Urgent Medication (incl. palliative care & antivirals)
  • BOB (Berkshire West) – Service Contract 2022-25; Provider & Stock List
  • Frimley – Covid Antivirals – Service Specification 1/2/2024-1/4/2025; Provider List
• Minor Ailment Scheme
  • BOB (Berkshire West) – Minor Ailments service specification 2025 – 31st March 2026
• Palliative Care Medicines on Demand from selected pharmacies:
  • Frimley (East Berkshire) – Contract 2023-26; Provider List