Version 305/07/13
This guide is for community pharmacies in the Avon area.
The changes to the NHS in 2013 mean new organisations are taking over responsibility for tasks previously undertaken by your PCT. Due to the speed with which the changes to the NHS have been implemented, in the first few months of operation of the new health and care system it may not always be clear which organisations are taking on responsibility for all the previous roles of your PCT; check the LPC website ( for updated versions of this guide.
If you can’t find the answer to your question below, please contact the LPC ().
Where can I get…?Drug Tariffs / NHS CB Area Team
EPS R2 dispensing tokens / NHS CB Area Team
FP10CDF (standard requisition form for CDs) / NHS CB Area Team
FP57s (refund and receipt forms) / NHS CB Area Team
Smartcards / NHS CB Area Team (this may be commissioned from a CSU or other provider at local level)
NHS Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework requirements
Who do I send the following forms/documents to?
COC/COAs for non-Part VIIIB unlicensed specials & imports / NHS CB Area Team
Bank Holiday opening hours notification forms / NHS CB Area Team
Quarterly MUR & NMS reports / NHS CB Area Team
MUR certificates / NHS CB Area Team
Fitness to Practise notification forms / NHS CB Area Team
Annual report on complaints received / NHS CB Area Team
Who do I make the following applications to?
Applications for new, additional or relocated premises / NHS CB Area Team
Changes to core & supplementary opening hours / NHS CB Area Team
Permission for emergency relocation of pharmacy premises / NHS CB Area Team
Request to examine an individual prescription or bundle sent to the BSA / NHS CB Area Team
Permission to undertake telephone MURs or MURs outside the pharmacy / NHS CB Area Team
Who…
Resolves payment issues for pharmacies due to administrative errors in completing their FP34c submission document / NHS CB Area Team
Undertakes pharmacy contract monitoring visits / NHS CB Area Team
Oversees the management and use of Controlled Drugs / NHS CB Area Team
Authorises suitable witnesses for destruction of date-expired Schedule 1 & 2 CDs / NHS CB’s Lead CD Accountable Officer
Develops and publishes thePharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) / Health & Wellbeing Board/Local Authority
Distributes MHRA drug alerts and medical device alert notices / NHS CB Area Team, but pharmacies can also register to receive alerts direct from
Distributes Central Alerting System (CAS) safety alerts / NHS CB Area Team
Organises the annual clinical audit (formerly led by your PCT) / NHS CB Area Team
Chooses the topics for the six public health campaigns each year and provides appropriate support / NHS CB Area Team
Manages access to NHS.net email accounts / NHS CB Area Team
Manages the collection of waste medicines from community pharmacies / NHS CB Area Team
Who authorises the following payments?
Top-up payment claims for the Establishment and Practice payments / NHS CB Area Team
EPS monthly allowance / NHS CB Area Team
Pre-reg training grant / NHS CB Area Team
Local out-of-hours arrangements / NHS CB Area Team
Part IXA appliances not available without extra charges - may authorise discretionary payment / NHS CB Area Team
Discretionary advance payment for veryexpensive prescription items / NHS CB Area Team
Who commissions the following services?
NHS Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (pharmacy contract) – Essential and Advanced services / NHS CB
Sexual health service / Local Authority
Supervised consumption / Local Authority
Support to stop smoking / Local Authority
Needle exchange / Local Authority
Minor ailments service / CCG
Palliative care (specialist meds) / CCG
Emergency Supply / CCG