Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 19
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Create new Establishment Payment for community pharmacies to develop patient consultation spaces.
Recommendation
We recommend the creation of a new “Establishment Payment” to be paid to eligible community pharmacies to support the development of consultation spaces for patients. This funding should be targeted at pharmacies that are the most reliant on NHS work as their main source of income and could be linked to a commitment to provide an agreed level of NHS service.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government deflected the recommendation for a new 'Establishment Payment' to support consultation spaces by discussing pharmacy workforce integration within Integrated Care Boards and the ongoing exploration of how to best utilise pharmacy skills for future services.
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Paragraph Reference:
106
Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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The establishment payment was paid out to all pharmacies dispensing at least 2,500 prescriptions per month and was phased out between 2016 and 2021 following reforms to the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework. Almost all pharmacy funding is now paid out based on activity, so every item dispensed, or every service delivered attracts a payment which set to cover pharmacies’ costs in delivering the service. Those pharmacies participating in Pharmacy First will already receive a £1000 monthly fixed payment to support them to deliver clinical services if the pharmacy has reached the minimum threshold of clinical pathway consultations for that month.
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