Guidance

Pharmaceutical buying groups in the NHS

A list of the purchasing point information for existing buying groups that have access to Commerical Medicines Unit (CMU) contracts.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 4 March 2011
• Last updated: 7 August 2020 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 19 August 2021

This publication was withdrawn on 19 August 2021. The pharmacy purchasing points list is now on the NHS England website.

Applies to England

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Pharmacy purchasing point list

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Details

The document can be filtered in various ways to produce individual purchasing point lists for each buying group currently in England. This could be at national contract level, down to smaller groups.

Details of which strategic health authority and procurement hub are also included, where applicable.

These are all existing boundaries of which suppliers and NHS trusts will be aware. Any future boundary changes will always be communicated directly to all suppliers.

Published 4 March 2011
Last updated 7 August 2020 + show all updates

1. 7 August 2020

   Deletion of purchasing points: Co Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust (trust code RXPBA); Northumberland Tyne & Wear NHS Trust (trust code RX464 – Cherry Knowle); Northumberland Tyne & Wear NHS Trust (trust code RX400 – Northgate); Northumberland Tyne & Wear NHS Trust (trust code RX4E2 – St George's); Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust (Ashington).

2. 29 June 2020

   Updated with change of address for Tees Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Trust (Foss Park).

3. 4 June 2020

   Added new purchasing point RV901 – Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.

4. 17 April 2020

   Updated pharmacy purchasing point list with new outpatient pharmacy service (OPS) for County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust - SCL Outpatient Pharmacy (Darlington Memorial Hospital).

5. 14 April 2020

   Updated pharmacy purchasing point list: change of address for Regional Drug Purchasing Centre in Portsmouth (Trust Code RHU00); change of trust name to University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (Trust Codes RA301 and RA700); change of trust name to Somerset NHS Foundation Trust (Trust Codes RH5 and RBA11); change of trust name to Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Trust Codes RC110 and RC971); change of trust name to Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (Trust Codes RAJ01, RDDH0, RDDH1 and RQ8L0).

6. 24 February 2020

   Updated with new outpatient pharmacy service (OPS) for George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.

7. 6 January 2020

   New purchasing point created for Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (trust code TAD17); change of trust code from HOS21 to RGDG1 for St Gemma's Hospice; change of trust code from HOS21 to RGDC2 for Wheatfield's Hospice.

8. 19 November 2019

   3 additional purchasing points have been created: Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust ‒ West Park Hospital, Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust ‒ Roseberry Park Hospital and Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust ‒ The Retreat. The name of South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust has been changed to South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust and the address has been changed.

9. 30 October 2019

   Additional purchasing point created for Southampton University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UHS Pharmacy Limited).

10. 23 October 2019

    Change of name for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (St Mary's): now known as Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Deletion of St Mary’s Hospital, Western Eye Hospital, and Charing Cross Hospital: all deliveries now to Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

11. 10 October 2019

    Additional purchasing points created for University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (Pharmacy@QEHB) and Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (Pharm@Sea).

12. 13 September 2019

    Updated pharmacy purchasing points list documents. Updates include: change of name for Lancashire Care NHS Trust: Royal Blackburn Hospital. Sheffield Care Trust assigned to Yorkshire 8YK Collaborative Hub. Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust address amended. Additional purchasing point created for Northamptonshire NHS Foundation Trust: Yarl’s Wood.

13. 31 July 2019

    Added Crawley Hospital to the pharmacy purchasing point list.

14. 4 March 2019

    Updated pharmacy purchasing point list with: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Trust code change: Prince of Wales Hospice.

15. 7 February 2019

    Updated pharmacy purchasing point list with: Summerhill Services Ltd, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, Lancashire Hospitals Services (wholly owned subsidiary). Trust code changes: Wakefield Hospice, East Cheshire NHS Trust (Macclesfield District General Hospital).

16. 24 December 2018

    Updated pharmacy purchasing point list. Added: St Gemma's Hospice, Wheatfield's Hospices and Fortuneswell Pharmacy - Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Updated name for Queens Hospital, Burton and Royal Derby Hospital. Updated address of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (PPDU Cowley). Updated trust code and name for Central Manchester and Manchester University Hospitals.

17. 13 November 2018

    Updated pharmacy purchasing point list. Added: St Gemma's Hospice and Wheatfield's Hospices, Fortuneswell Pharmacy - Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Hospital Pharmacy Services (East and North Hertfordshire) ltd. Updated name for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. Updated address of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (PPDU Cowley). Updated code for Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.

18. 13 August 2018

    Purchasing Points List updated to include Stratford Pharmacy.

19. 16 July 2018

    Pharmacy purchasing points list updated with new trusts.

20. 18 December 2017

    Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust has been added as a new purchasing point.

21. 14 November 2017

    Updated pharmacy purchasing point list. Added: Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and South West Yorkshire Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust. Deleted: HMP Channing Wood, HMP Dartmoor and HMP Guys Marsh.

22. 14 September 2017

    Updated pharmacy purchasing point list.

23. 10 August 2017

    Updated pharmacy purchasing point list: addition of North West Anglia NHS Foundatrion Trust and HMP Chelmsford.

24. 10 March 2017

    Updated pharmacy purchasing point list: RT5AN Leicester Partnership NHS Trust is now located at Glenfield Hospital

25. 22 February 2017

    Updated list: addition of RWEAA TrustMed, a wholly owned subsidiary of University Hospitals of Leicester, based at Leicester Royal Infirmary.

26. 25 January 2017

    Updated pharmacy purchasing point list: HMP01 Belmarsh Prison and HMP68 Thameside Prison added

27. 4 November 2016

    Updated pharmacy purchasing point list: RX1CC and RX1RA additional wholly owned purchasing points at City Hospital and QMC sites of Nottingham University Hospitals Trust. RBK02 Walsall details corrected to part of the West Midlands purchasing group.

28. 30 August 2016

    Updated pharmacy purchasing point list: amended RYW23 to West Heath Hospital as part of Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust, and the addition of RTV33 5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Trust.

29. 7 July 2016

    Updated the pharmacy purchasing point list with the addition of RY5H1 Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust.

30. 16 May 2016

    Updated the pharmacy purchasing point list with amended names to London Northwest Healthcare Trust (Central Middlesex) and Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (West Middlesex).

31. 29 April 2016

    Updated document: creation of column D and explanatory footnote added to the spreadsheet

32. 18 April 2016

    Updated the pharmacy purchasing point list to include London Northwest Healthcare Trust (Ealing Hospital) and London Northwest Healthcare Trust (Northwick Park).

33. 7 March 2016

    Updated the pharmacy purchasing point list to include Wakefield Hospice (HOS19) and Prince of Wales Hospice (HOS20).

34. 18 February 2016

    Updated the pharmacy purchasing point list to include St Oswalds (HOS17) and Marie Curie (HOS18) Hospices in Newcastle

35. 3 February 2016

    Updated the pharmacy purchasing point list to include Gloucestershire care services (RJ101).

36. 26 January 2016

    Updated the pharmacy purchasing point list to include Royal Wolverhampton Hospital NHS Trust (Cannock Chase) (RL4TC)

37. 19 January 2016

    Updated the pharmacy purchasing point list to include Gloucestershire Care Service NHS Trust (R1J01).

38. 23 December 2015

    Added updated document with the addition of Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust RYV85

39. 10 November 2015

    Added University Birmingham Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Warehouse) at Kings Norton

40. 23 October 2015

    Updated document: RNNFH Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust added.

41. 1 September 2015

    Updated document: HMP57 Mount Prison added.

42. 17 August 2015

    Updated document added: the addition of RLNGL CHOICE LTD (subsidiary of Sunderland NHS trust) and the deletion of RLHQL Alderman Jack Cohen Pharmacy

43. 23 July 2015

    Uploaded amended pharmacy purchasing points list, Benenden Hospital removed as it is independent and not part of NHS.

44. 9 July 2015

    Updated 'Pharmacy purchasing points' list

45. 25 June 2015

    Updated 'Pharmacy purchasing points' list

46. 24 March 2015

    updated the pharmacy purchasing points list to add RYW24 and RYW23 Birmingham Community Healthcare sites

47. 10 March 2015

    Updated to include the addition of a number of Hospice (HOS codes) sites.

48. 9 February 2015

    List updated to include North East London Foundation Trust. (21 November 2014: updated to include HMP Doncaster, Ranby,and Nottingham.)

49. 21 January 2015

    List updated to include HMP 78 and HMP 79 sites

50. 1 September 2014

    Updated the pharmacy purchasing points list

51. 4 March 2011

    First published.