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Long and diffi cult negotiations bring about increase in global sum


Summary Care Records and where next for Scotland?


12 NHS Scotland Prescription Costs Analysis provokes debate


14 Keynote speaker confi rmed for annual Royal Pharmaceutical Society Scottish Seminar taking place in August


18 The Pharmacist role in managing Glaucoma patients


24 How to know when you are dealing with Coeliac Disease


42 Feeling your way between order and chaos and the challenges of leadership


46 Implications from the Tobaccom Nicotine and Care Bill


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Our negotiations with the Scottish Government have proved really diffi cult this year and has taken up a lot of our time and effort. The Government had been unwilling to recognise points that we considered fair and reasonable and after lengthy negotiations it became clear that Scottish Government were unwilling to provide any further concessions beyond what has been accepted. The conclusion of the negotiations have seen an increase of 1.4% of the Global Sum to just over £177m in the one year settlement. The Margin Sharing Arrangement around reimbursement has also been agreed with predictable cash fl ow stability for contractors paramount in the minds of the CPS Board in this area. More of the detail will follow in the coming months in our fi nancial framework document.


CPS will continue to discuss with the Scottish Government whether further changes are required to be made to the distribution of the global sum later this year.


Another area of work CPS has been contributing to is the review of Primary Care Out of Hours Services that Professor Lewis Ritchie is leading on. Professor Ritchie also heads the


steering group on Prescription for Excellence. Here we are attempting to represent your views and for the fi rst time in my time at CPS, ourselves, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland and the Directors of Pharmacy are collaborating on a joint response to give a pharmacy wide perspective. It is a great opportunity to place the pharmacy network at the forefront of any solution and we are working alongside our partners to make sure this is recognised.


All that remains for me is to thank you all once again for the tremendous effort and commitment you show to patient care in Scotland through the delivery of our community pharmacy services.


Harry McQuillan Chief Executive Offi cer Community Pharmacy Scotland


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Chief Executive Offi cer Harry McQuillan


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Board Members Iain Cavanagh Ian Cowan John Currie


Eleanor Fairbairn Colin Fergusson Fraser Frame Alan Glauch Karen Gordon Martin Green Alan Harrison Alasdair Macintyre Elaine Robertson James Semple Catriona Sinclair


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