Common use of Service description and background Clause in Contracts

Service description and background. This service is commissioned as a local enhanced service under the powers given to NHS England by The Pharmaceutical Services (Advanced and Enhanced Services) (England) Directions 2013 paragraph 14 (1) (j). This service is available to all patients who are exempt from paying prescription charges. The patients must be registered with a GP practice located within the Clinical Commissioning Group. Patients are at liberty to refuse this service. Patients can receive advice and/or treatment under the Minor Ailments Scheme on the conditions listed in Appendix 6. Patients who pay for their prescriptions should be referred to a pharmacy for advice and to purchase over the counter medicines in the usual way. This service is a "stepping stone" towards the "Self-Care" approach to healthcare. Only Community Pharmacies who are committed to making staff available to provide the service and who have completed the necessary training for the conditions listed in Appendix 6 will be included in the Minor Ailments Scheme.

Service description and background. This service is commissioned as a local enhanced service under the powers given to NHS England by The Pharmaceutical Services (Advanced and Enhanced Services) (England) Directions 2013 paragraph 14 (1) (j). This service is available to all patients who are exempt from paying prescription charges. The patients must be registered with a GP practice located within the Clinical Commissioning Group. Patients are at liberty to refuse this service. Patients can receive re ceive advice and/or treatment under the Minor Ailments Scheme on the conditions listed in Appendix 6. Patients who pay for their prescriptions should be referred to a pharmacy for advice and to purchase over the counter medicines in the usual way. This service is a "stepping stone" towards the "Self-Care" approach to healthcare. Only Community Pharmacies who are committed to making staff available to provide the service and who have completed the necessary training for the conditions listed in Appendix 6 will be included in the Minor Ailments Scheme.