CGA blames primary care trusts for lack of new pharmacy services

摘要

Insufficient creative thinking among commissioners and a lack of appropriate incentives for GP support is holding back the delivery of patient-centred services by pharmacies,according to the Company Chemists Association.In evidence to Anne Galbraith's review of the arrangements for pharmacy contracting,the CCA said that not all primary care trusts had taken seriously their responsibility to fund advanced pharmacy services.The association called for the development of advanced services under the national pharmacy contract to support smoking cessation,sexual health improvement,obesity reduction and a national minor ailments scheme.