Think Pharmacy
Think Pharmacy
Think Pharmacy is a brand that has been successfully used by many LPCs to engage their local commissioners to think differently about the provision of services – to ‘Think Pharmacy’ as a solution.
What does a Think Pharmacy event involve?
An audience of commissioners and influencers are invited to an event to find out more about community pharmacy and the services that can be provided to solve many of the problems they face. It is not a whole day out of their busy schedules: it’s a well-planned couple of hours with presentations, discussions and networking to learn a lot in a short time. It also helps LPCs build relationships and agree actions with guests to follow up after the event.
Why are they beneficial?
Rather than going to commissioners individually, an LPC Think Pharmacy event brings everyone together to learn more about community pharmacy and showcase the potential for pharmacy services.
The brand can help LPCs deliver consistent messages with evidence demonstrating to commissioners how community pharmacy services could be a better way to reach out to those needing care and support.
PSNC support
In addition to the resources on this page, PSNC is happy to provide a speaker for any LPC’s Think Pharmacy event, dates permitting. Even if you have already held a Think Pharmacy event we would be happy to help organise just an evening contractor meeting on a regional basis with a PSNC speaker.
To arrange a PSNC speaker and to see how we can help, contact commsteam@psnc.org.uk
Service prospectuses
PSNC has developed a series of prospectuses to help outline what community pharmacy teams could do if certain services were commissioned in their locality. Click on the service names below to read and download them.
Alcohol identification and brief advice (IBA) service
Children’s seasonal flu vaccination
Chlamydia screening and treatment
Domiciliary Medicines Use Reviews
Emergency hormonal contraception
Healthy Start vitamins service
Hypertension case finding service
Supervised consumption of medicines
Word versions of the above prospectuses are available in the LPC Members’ Area so LPCs can add their own contact details in the footer.
Shared LPC Think Pharmacy resources and posters
Many LPCs have held Think Pharmacy events in recent years, creating promotional resources for them. Below are resources that some LPCs have shared to help others.
In September 2015, Hertfordshire LPC organised a Think Pharmacy event; information on the event and an extensive range of resources used at the event are available on their website. Word versions are available below so LPCs can adapt them for their area.
Herts LPC think pharmacy – alcohol IBA
Herts LPC think pharmacy – diabetes
Herts LPC think pharmacy – EPS
Herts LPC think pharmacy – flu
Herts LPC think pharmacy – HLP
Herts LPC think pharmacy – MURs
Herts LPC think pharmacy – repeat dispensing
Herts LPC think pharmacy sexual health
Herts LPC think pharmacy – stop smoking
Herts LPC think pharmacy – substance misuse
Cumbria LPC developed some posters promoting pharmacy services using the Think Pharmacy logo which other LPCs may find useful.
The South Yorkshire LPCs collaborated to organise a Think Pharmacy event – here’s a report of the NHS South Yorkshire & Bassetlaw Think Pharmacy Conference and Exhibition. The LPCs also created the following range of resources to use at the event; these might be useful to other LPCs to use as templates.
