Primary Care: Pharmacy
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the regulatory and governance framework for pharmacy-led clinical services to ensure it supports service expansion, including the use of new technology and data-enabled care pathways.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock
NHS England service specifications and associated service directions underpin any new pharmaceutical service, providing the governance framework and standards to ensure the delivery of quality pharmacy services to patients and the public. NHS England will continue to keep the clinical scope of pharmacy services under review and ensure service specifications are updated to ensure best practice is followed in the pharmacy setting.
In 2021, the General Pharmaceutical Council introduced reforms to pharmacist initial education and training standards to integrate clinical prescribing skills, so pharmacist can play a much greater role in providing clinical services. The legislation governing medicines and pharmacy regulation is kept under review to ensure this supports modern pharmacy practice.
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