Emergency Supply of Medicines (at NHS Expense)
Emergency Supply of Medicines (at NHS Expense)
Examples of this service that have been commissioned locally are available on the PSNC online services database.
Tools and publications which may be useful to support the commissioning of this service can be found on the Service development tools and publications hub.
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Template service specification
In 2013 PSNC worked with NHS England and other organisations to develop three service offerings to support local commissioners during the winter pressures period. Emergency supply (at NHS Expense) was one of these services and a template service specification and associated documentation to support implementation and provision of the service were developed.
A draft template service specification is also available that has not been nationally agreed and is not the final version; however, it may be used to inform local discussions on service development.
PSNC resources
PSNC Services Case Studies Hub
PSNC Think Pharmacy prospectus: emergency supply service (Feb 2016)
PSNC Briefing 044/15: Analysis of Emergency Supply services – commissioned during 2014/15 in England (August 2015)
Following an email survey and a review of Emergency Supply of Medicines at NHS Expense (Emergency Supply) service specifications and other associated documents, PSNC has conducted an analysis on the different services commissioned across England during 2014/15.
This PSNC Briefing provides a summary of this analysis which may be of particular interest to LPCs developing proposals for an emergency supply of medicines at NHS expense service in their area or those who are reviewing their existing service.
Other resources
Presentation at the Pharmacy Show: Pharmacy London: Emergency supply and supporting seasonal resilience – Rekha Shah & Mayank Patel (Oct 2015) (If prompted, password is: pharmacy15)
Presentation at the Pharmacy Show: Why not pharmacy first? – Sue Taylor & David Bearman (Oct 2015) (If prompted, password is: pharmacy15)
Case Study: Devon pharmacy teams help more than 8,000 patients in Pharmacy First scheme (Sep 2015)
NHS England – Urgent repeat medication requests guide for NHS 111 services (Mar 2015)
