On 22nd September 2016 NHS England and NHS Improvement published NHS Operational Planning and Contracting Guidance 2017-19. This document explains how the NHS operational planning and contracting processes will now change to support Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) and the NHS ‘financial reset’. It reaffirms national priorities and sets out the financial and business rules for both 2017/18 and 2018/19.

This PSNC Briefing summarise the aspects of the NHS Operational Planning and Contracting Guidance 2017-19 that are most relevant to community pharmacy and which LPC members will wish to be aware of to inform their conversations with local commissioners.

PSNC Briefing 048/16: NHS Operational Planning and Contracting Guidance 2017-19

If you have any queries on this PSNC Briefing or you require more information, please contact Zainab Al-Kharsan, Service Development Pharmacist.

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