North East London Local Pharmaceutical Committee

Competency 1: Local leadership

Activity: Reputation

*The PCT should actively steer local health agenda.
*The PCT stimulates discussion on health and care matters.
*The PCT communicates a vision, priorities and strategy clearly to pharmacy users.
*The PCT communicates a vision, priorities and strategy clearly to pharmacists.
*National guidance is being followed e.g. The Pharmacy White Paper and the WCC Guidance.

LPC Comments:

*The PCT has yet to engage with the pharmacy users.
*Under Level 2 PCT meets all the requirements but we feel that the local population would need convincing with evidence that the local NHS is improving community pharmacy.
*THE PCT could engage a lot early with the pharmacy leaders and avoid playing its cards close to its chest.
*Stated aim to integrate services is still a dream.
*PCT is a GP led organisation.
*Pharmacists feel that things are done to them rather than engaging them in co-creation.
*Plans for developing the estates need to demonstrably involve pharmacy community at an early stage.
*There is a lack of Board level engagement with pharmacists.

LPC Score: Level 2

The LPC has posed several questions to the PCT Board and are awaiting responses.

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Competency 1: Local leadership

Activity:

*Change leader for local organisations:

LPC Comments:

*The PCT Board could engage with pharmacy.
*Senior managers could engage with pharmacy and demonstrate its understanding of pharmacy resource.
*The pharmacy team is trying hard but could do with more resources and Board support and scrutiny.
*Meets the level 2 requirements.
*The Pharmacy team is trying hard but could do with more resources.
*Could benefit from joint training with local pharmacy leaders on change management.
*Needs to develop an agreed strategy for change management of the sector and supporting individuals.
*Needs to address key questions in appendix 1.

LPC Score: Level 2

Competency 1: Local leadership.

Activity:

*Position as an employer of choice

LPC Comments: See above.

*The PCT Senior managers delegate responsibility without a modern audit of what is necessary to deliver the change.
*There is no evidence of change management expertise in the team when the biggest agenda is change management.
*Public health directorate can be better connected with Medicines Management Team to deliver Pharmacy White Paper objectives (See appendix 2)..

LPC Score: Level 3


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