NORTH EAST LONDON LOCAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMMITTEE

Competency 4: Lead continuous and meaningful engagement of all clinicians to inform strategy and drive quality service design and resource utilisation.

Activity:

• Clinical Engagement:
• The PCT engages with pharmacists at all stages of commissioning, strategy planning, determining needs, and setting prioririties
• Can demonstrate partnership between pharmacy, practice-based commissioning and professional executive committee
• PBC commissioning and pharmacy commissioning are integrated and fully part of PCT strategic planning processes.

LPC Comments:

• Although not all Level 2 criteria are achieved, there is a real prospect for achieving Level 3.
• PCT should promote leadership and organisational development programmes.
• When developing Governance for future commissioners LPC must be included to avoid primary care equating to GP care.
• Enchanced services are developing well and work is appreciated by the pharmacists.
• Extending the range when primary care is being re-engineered in a significant way requires fuller exploration of the workforce capability and capacity to ensure choice, quality, competition and access

LPC Score: Level 2

However, the PCT needs to facilitate pharmacy PbC relationships

Competency 4: Lead continuous and meaningful engagement of all clinicians to inform strategy and drive quality service design and resource utilisation.

Activity:

• Dissemination of information to support clinical decision making.

LPC Comments:

• There is a greater need to develop enough clinical services to make this section relevant to community pharmacy.
• There is a need for an evaluation of the workforce needs and capabilities to design a programme of support to improve quality and range of services.
• There is a need for quality improvement programme with incentives similar to Tower Hamlets.

LPC Score: Level 1

Competency 4: Lead continuous and meaningful engagement of all clinicians to inform strategy and drive quality service design and resource utilization.

Activity:

• Reputation as leader of clinical engagement

LPC Comments:

• There is a need for a clearly understood strategy for engagement with pharmacy on clinical matters.
• Strategic planning selectively involves
• Pharmacy which leads to frustration and doubt about the intentions.
• The PCT can lead the country by being more open and clarifying its intentions and responsibility and level of commitment needed from pharmacists.

LPC Score: Level 2

Level 3 would have been achievable as there has been slow down since the summer and there is no pharmacy presence on the

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