Guidance

Outsourcing outpatient pharmacy services

Details about the responsibilities of NHS trusts and chief pharmacists involved in outsourcing outpatient pharmacy provisions.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 9 June 2016

Documents

NHS contracting for the provision of third party pharmacy outpatient dispensing services and service provider access to CMU framework agreement prices

PDF, 222 KB, 8 pages

Details

This guidance is for NHS trusts, including chief pharmacists. It informs all stakeholders about their responsibilities in the outsourcing of outpatient pharmacy services.

A template letter is included in the document to help make sure a consistent message is sent to pharmaceutical manufacturers and suppliers about these arrangements.

Contact pharmacyqueries@dhsc.gov.uk if you have any queries.

Published 9 June 2016