NHS Services
Common Ailments Service (Wales)
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This service allows patients living in Wales to have access to advice and treatment for a range of common ailments without having to make a GP appointment.
COVID-19 Vaccination Service (England)
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Find out more about the Spring 2024 COVID-19 vaccination programme.
Discharge Medicines Review (Wales)
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When patients are admitted to hospital or another care setting, they may have their medicines changed, which on discharge if not communicated effectively to the patient’s GP, can result in problems with subsequent prescriptions.
Discharge Medicines Service (England)
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DMS is an essential service within the NHS community pharmacy contract to help reduce harm from medicines at transfer of care and hospital readmissions.
Hypertension Case Finding Advanced Service (England)
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Following an initial successful pilot, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHSE&I proposed the commissioning of a new Hypertension case-finding service from 1st October 2021, as an Advanced service, in the Year 3 negotiations.
LFD Lateral Flow Device Tests Supply Service (England)
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NHSE Lateral Flow Device Tests Supply Service for Patients Potentially Eligible for COVID-19 Treatments
New Medicine Service (England)
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NMS is an advanced service within the NHS community pharmacy contract to help improve patient’s adherence to their new medicine.
Emergency Naloxone Holding Service (Scotland)
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The Scottish Government and Community Pharmacy Scotland have agreed on this service, which will allow for community pharmacies to hold a supply of naloxone for administration in an emergency.
Take home Naloxone is expected to be a future addition to this service to support people who use drugs and anyone likely to witness an opioid overdose.
Pharmacy First Service (Scotland)
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The New NHS Pharmacy First Scotland (PFS) service launched on the 29th of July 2020 to replaced the Minor Ailment Scheme.
Pharmacy First Services (Northern Ireland)
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The Pharmacy First Services (PFS) has been developed to encourage patients to use their pharmacies more effectively to manage a defined list of common conditions.
Pharmacy First Service (England)
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The Pharmacy First service launched as a new Advanced service in England 31st January 2024. It includes providing advice and NHS-funded treatment, where appropriate, for seven common conditions .
Pharmacy Contraception Service (England)
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The Pharmacy Contraception Service (PCS) is an advanced service within the England NHS community pharmacy contract, which aims to provide women with greater choice and access to contraception services.
Smoking Cessation Service (England)
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The NHSE Advanced Smoking Cessation Service (SCS) launched 10th March 2022, with community pharmacy contractors being able to provide continuity of the service to patients discharged from hospital, to support them to quit smoking.
Lateral Flow Test Distribution Service (Wales)
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The Welsh Lateral Flow Test Distribution Service through community pharmacies launched 8th January 2024.