Pharmacy First - PharmOutcomes IT System

Since April 2022 contractors have sourced their own accredited  IT system to support community pharmacy teams with the delivery of the NHSE Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS), and this requirements continues with the transition of CPCS into the NHSE Pharmacy First Service. 

 

PharmOutcomes Pharmacy First Platform 

A video and guidance document of how to use the consultation tool can be found here : 

Pharmacy First Video

Pharmacy First Service Guide 

 
Numark Affinity Group 

Numark worked with PharmOutcomes to offer a solution for our members to manage CPCS. The Numark Affinity Group supports members to benefit from the group volumes and a lower fee structure - and this will continue for the Pharmacy First service. 

How Do I Sign Up To The Numark Affinity Group ? 
  1. If already signed up no action needs to be taken - the process will continue as normal, just a change to the service description on monthly statements 
  2. If not already signed to an IT provider and want to use PharmOutcomes 
  • Initially access and register to use the PharmOutcomes IT system via PharmOutcomes Direct sign up page HERE 
  • For help in completion you can find a PharmOutcomes Direct registration guide HERE 

What Are Affinity Groups?

An Affinity Group is an organisation that can create its own membership to manage the Pharmacy First IT system supplier costs for its members. Pharmacies will be given the option to sign up to an Affinity Group when they register with PharmOutoutcomesDirect.. By becoming part of an Affinity Group, you will be invoiced for your PharmOutcomes Pharmacy First  usage by the Affinity Group rather than PharmOutcomesDirect.

Due to the sliding scale of charges this reduces costs to individual pharmacies by being part of a larger provider group.

Individual transactional fees are based on a mthly volume :

  • 0-9 = 90p
  • 10-49 = 85p
  • 50-249 = 80p
  • 250-2499 = 75p 
  • 2500-4999= 70p 
  • 5000+ = 65p

Being part of the Numark Affinity groups enables you to be in the top tier with each transactional fee being 65p 

Note: Members that do not wish to be part of an Affinity Group can still utilise PharmOutcomesDirect to sign up to PharmOutcomes as their IT system supplier.