H Competency 11 - North East London Local Pharmaceutical Committee

Competency 11: Make sound financial investments to ensure sustainable development and value for money.

Activity:

*The PCT has relevant information which is integrated with the commissioning cycle.

*Payments are made to incentivize improvement in health outcomes.

LPC Comments:

*PCT must make efforts to share more financial data sets with pharmacies which are pharmacy, sector and PCT specific.
*For pharmacy based services there is a need to incentivise pharmacies in a way comparable to GPs to improve provision of services in all localities, populations, and quality.
*The Board must give consideration to the criteria defined here and ensure that all proposals for investment are checked against the following:
1 compliance with Principles and Rules for Cooperation and Competition across all primary care providers,
2 Compliance with pharmacy and general public expectations and preferences,
3Integration across primary care and local authority responsibilities,
4 improved access,
5 Diversity and
6 Social exclusion.

*The Pharmacy and medicines team need greater support and recognition to ensure that they are sufficiently motivated and up-to-date about primary care developments in estates and commissioning of service.

LPC Score: Level 2


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