NHS North Midlands Primary Care Team Birch House Southwell Road West Rainworth NG21 0HJ

[email protected] 01138 255427

Dear colleague

Service Specification for NHS Community Pharmacy Palliative Care Drugs Stockist Scheme 01 October 2015 – 30 September 2017.

Following a recent review, I am pleased to enclose the Community Pharmacy Enhanced Service Specification for the Palliative Care Drugs Stockist Scheme 01 October 2015 – 30 September 2017.

The 2 main changes to the service specification are that  the list of palliative care drugs has been updated in line with national and local prescribing and extended to include drugs often required by patients receiving chemotherapy.  all service claims are now done via PharmOutcomes.

Once you have all the palliative care drugs in stock please complete the signature sheet and return it to me at your earliest convenience and by Friday 04 December 2015 at the latest, by post to me at the address above, or by fax to 01623 673010 marked for my attention, or by email to [email protected]

Please be aware that payment of the 2015 / 16 annual retainer fee for this enhanced service (£262.66) was made at the end of August 2015 and was have shown on your FP34 statement under code LS10, therefore there will be no further fee claimable until 2016 / 17, except for any time expired stock. Please be aware that if further LES payments were due in August, that this figure on the FP34 will show an amalgamated value.

This is a really valuable service and I sincerely hope that you wish to continue to be commissioned to provide it. NHS England will seek to recover the 2015 / 16 annual retainer fee from pharmacies who discontinue the arrangement or fail to complete and return the sign-up sheet by the deadline. The value of the recovery will be calculated on a pro rata basis.

Thank you for your continued support.

Yours sincerely

Chris Kerry Primary Care Officer NHS England, North Midlands