CPS MANIFESTO PLAYING TO OUR T
his new Manifesto for Community Pharmacy Scotland builds on previous publications which set
out a clear vision of an extended, more proactive role for Scotland’s community Pharmacy network.
This network hosts the majority of the Pharmacy workforce and is in the frontline of healthcare delivery within the NHS in Scotland.
The pharmaceutical care services contract was introduced through the Smoking Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act over a decade ago.
The community Pharmacy network has delivered so much over that time period: new NHS services, increased accessibility, improved premises and cost effective delivery of the pharmacy contract.
The new manifesto has several fundamental themes that seek to build on the success witnessed over the last ten years, especially in the areas of public health, long term conditions and making Pharmacy the fi rst port of call for individuals.
It sets out the principle intentions where CPS are seeking support from Government, politicians, the NHS, the public and other stakeholders.
Supporting the community Pharmacy contractors and their teams to be the best they can be for the population will require understanding, commitment and appropriate investment to ensure that the people of Scotland benefi t from Pharmacists’
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extensive knowledge of medicines and their pharmaceutical clinical skills.
“Over the last few years we have seen the publication of a number of important documents which set out the ambitions of the Scottish Government for pharmaceutical care in the community and the wider healthcare landscape. “Community Pharmacy Scotland acknowledges the challenges inherent in these policy documents due to the evolving nature of the NHS. Community Pharmacy can help tackle the healthcare needs of the public,” says the Manifesto.
“We also recognise that the public are rightly now going to have more of a say in how their healthcare is delivered through the ambitions of Health and Social Care Integration.
“We recognise and support this programme to help the NHS in Scotland develop a truly partnership approach with the population of the nation.
Tackling health inequalities, the public health challenges and supporting those with long term conditions to become empowered to live the life they wish to is a large part of what the community pharmacy workforce do day in, day out up and down the country.
“The need to excel in the delivery of care is embedded in the Scottish Pharmacy contract which is very different from other areas of the UK.
It has positioned community Pharmacists as clinicians and public
health practitioners, enabling patient centred, safe and effective delivery of care from every community pharmacy.
“Community Pharmacy Scotland believes that new approaches now have to be embraced to allow the NHS in Scotland to survive and prosper. This manifesto illustrates some of the ways we believe the evolution of Pharmacy services can enable that to happen.”
CPS believe that the community Pharmacy network in Scotland should be supported to deliver their ambition under three headings, detailed below.
PHARMACY FIRST To make community Pharmacy the fi rst port of call when people need the NHS.
GP and A&E resources are stretched like never before and community Pharmacy can support the NHS by ensuring the public access the right healthcare professional, at the right time in their community. This solution would save money to be used in other areas of the NHS.
Current services and frameworks can be developed further to allow the community pharmacy to play an even greater role as part of the primary care team. Community Pharmacy Scotland would like to propose three solutions under this heading:
1) The current cost effective Minor Ailment Service should be extended to treat more Common Minor Conditions.
The Minor Ailment Service has been
FULL POTENTIAL COMMUNITY PHARMACY SCOTLAND HAS PUBLISHED THE 2015 MANIFESTO WITH AN UNDERLYING AMBITION TO CHAMPION AND SUPPORT EXCELLENT HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR ALL THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE.
CPS Chairman Martin Green
a great success since its introduction in 2006. Over 900,000 people are now registered for the service nationally. This is despite the service only being available to half the Scottish population due to the current eligibility criteria.
Improved access and promotion of pharmacy as a location of NHS care and provider of the Minor Ailment Service (MAS) is essential. Many of the top 25 common diagnoses presenting in other healthcare environments in 25 to 44 year olds could have been dealt with by the community Pharmacy via MAS. It is essential that the Scottish Government actively promotes MAS nationally to make the public more aware of the service. A widening of public access to MAS by making it a universal service open to all will reduce the burden on OOH and GP in hour services.
This going hand in hand with a widening of what can be treated through MAS will ensure that people can be seen for common minor conditions in a cost effective, professional setting.
2) Appropriate access to relevant patient information to allow safe and effective
in the community
Lack of access to the Emergency Care Summary (ECS) and Key Information Summary (KIS) and the need to involve OOH GPs in reading the ECS or KIS to Pharmacists make it extremely diffi cult to provide this OOH service safely, effi ciently and in a timely way.
treatment of more patients
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