Preparation for General Practice Course for Pharmacists – Health Education England
What the buyer wrote
A number of recent strategic documents and reports have highlighted the desire for an extended role for pharmacists in primary care. The NHS Five Year Forward View proposed a model of integrated primary care teams, with pharmacists playing a greater role in patient care and especially around being the first port of call for minor ailments. Point 8 of the NHS England GP 10 point plan (new ways of working) proposed new roles for allied healthcare professionals within GP surgeries, utilising the skill mix to alleviate current pressures. Although pharmacists have been working in GP surgeries for many years, this has happened in an ad-hoc fashion and their roles have largely consisted of medicine…
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- What the buyer calls it
- Preparation for General Practice Course for Pharmacists – Health Education England
- How they are buying
- Advertised, open to anyoneAny supplier could bid without being invited first.
- Type
- services
- Suitable for small firms
- The buyer says yes. What that is worth
- Work starts
- 23 Oct 2016
- Work ends
- 31 Mar 2017
Who the buyer named
Sarah Murphy was the named contact on this notice.