North East London Local Pharmaceutical Committee

Competency 8: Promote & specify continuous improvements in quality & outcomes through clinical & provider innovation and configuration.

Activity:

• Implementation of improvement initiatives.

LPC Comments:

• Some progress has been made but the change does not appear as a result of systematic review of LTCs and involving LPC representation on working groups.

LPC Score: Level 1 -2

Competency 8: Promote & specify continuous improvements in quality & outcomes through clinical & provider innovation and configuration

Activity:

• Identification of improvement opportunities

LPC Comments:

• Clinical pathways could be designed with pharmacy input.
• Innovation in pharmacy services is encouraging e.g. Minor Ailment Scheme.
• GP led PEC is hampering integration and innovation.
• Pharmacy users’ should be supported to further increase their expectations from community pharmacy by improved communication and education.

LPC Score: Level 1

Competency 8: Promote & specify continuous improvements in quality & outcomes through clinical & provider innovation and configuration

Activity:

• Collection of quality and outcome information

LPC Comments:

• More work is needed to take this competency to the next level.
• Nationally, some work is ongoing.
• Locally, work can begin around traditional roles of community pharmacists. Community pharmacists and GPs should be made to work together under a mandatory GP/pharmacist duty of partnership to benefit the patient, the PCT, and the professions.
• The PCT must develop a mechanism for considering provider innovation and service configuration.

LPC Score: Level 1


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