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GP practice, specialist service and external pharmacy team connected through a shared care agreement with named prescribing, monitoring and escalation responsibilities.

Shared care agreements: What Can an External Pharmacy Team Take On?

  • 27th October 2026
  • Adeem Azhar, MPharm, IPres
What should a practice check before work starts? What can an external pharmacy team take on? What must a shared care agreement clarify before acceptance? How should a practice assess GP shared care? Who continues treatment while acceptance is unresolved?... Read More...
PCN leaders and pharmacy staff reviewing clinical completion, unresolved actions, escalation and evidence of service improvement.

Clinical pharmacy service Contract review: Which Quality Measures and Escalation Clauses Matter?

  • 22nd October 2026
  • Adeem Azhar, MPharm, IPres
What should a contract review checklist cover? Which quality measures show how the service is performing? How should unresolved clinical pharmacy actions be tracked? Which escalation clauses matter most? What should a remedial action plan contain? A contract review should... Read More...
Clinical Pharmacist, senior pharmacist and GP supervisor connected through a written supervision agreement covering scope, protected time, case review and escalation.

Clinical supervision agreement for PCN Pharmacists: What a Managed Support Arrangement Should Include

  • 20th October 2026
  • Phil Quinton
What does national guidance expect from PCN pharmacist supervision? What should a clinical supervision agreement include? How should clinical case review and escalation work? Who is accountable for outsourced supervision? What should a PCN ask a provider? A clinical supervision... Read More...
Commissioner, GP and pharmacy team reviewing the scope, deliverables, acceptance criteria, responsibilities and monitoring for a neighbourhood service.

Commissioning Pharmacy Support for a Neighbourhood health service: What Should the Specification Include?

  • 15th October 2026
  • Adeem Azhar, MPharm, IPres
How do you build a pharmacy specification? What should an NHS service specification for pharmacy support include? How do you write acceptance criteria for service deliverables? Who owns clinical accountability and follow-up? How is the service monitored and evaluated? An... Read More...
PCN pharmacy team planning one defined pilot pathway with an eligible cohort, baseline measures, ownership and evaluation.

Pharmacy Pilot: How to Start With One Defined Neighbourhood Workstream 

  • 12th October 2026
  • Adeem Azhar, MPharm, IPres
What does a pharmacy pilot involve in practice? How do you choose which workstream to pilot? What should you measure before a pharmacy pilot starts? How do you know when a pilot is ready to expand? A pharmacy pilot is... Read More...
PCN leaders and pharmacy staff comparing workload, workflow, expertise and governance gaps before deciding what support is needed.

When Does a PCN Need Specialist pharmacist Support Rather Than More General Capacity?

  • 9th October 2026
  • Adeem Azhar, MPharm, IPres
What does specialist pharmacist support mean? Is your backlog a capacity problem or an expertise problem? What are the signs a PCN needs specialist pharmacist support? When is more general pharmacist capacity the better answer? Can the existing team develop... Read More...
GP practice and pharmacy team reviewing a medicines-related safeguarding concern through escalation, ownership and follow-up steps.

Safeguarding and Medicines: What GP Practices Should Expect From Their Pharmacy Service

  • 6th October 2026
  • Adeem Azhar, MPharm, IPres
When does a medicines problem become a safeguarding concern? What safeguarding responsibilities should the pharmacy service hold? How should safeguarding concerns be escalated and followed up? What about refusal of medication and covert medication? What should your service agreement cover?... Read More...
Healthcare team discussing digital health data and security in primary care.

Cyber Essentials Plus for GP Practices: What to Check When Choosing an NHS Supplier

  • 1st October 2026
  • Adeem Azhar, MPharm, IPres
Why should GP practices care? What is Cyber Essentials Plus? Why is Cyber Essentials Plus important for NHS suppliers? Core Prescribing Solutions' Commitment to Data Security Questions to ask an NHS supplier about cyber security How does it differ from... Read More...
Clinician and patient moving through assessment, prescribing decision, authorisation, explanation and follow-up in a coordinated care pathway.

Prescribing Explained: What Does Prescribing Mean in Healthcare?

  • 30th September 2026
  • Adeem Azhar, MPharm, IPres
What does prescribing mean in healthcare? How does the prescribing process work? Who can prescribe medication in the UK? What is non-medical prescribing? Independent and supplementary prescribing Principles of safe and appropriate prescribing Prescribing is the clinical decision to authorise... Read More...
Integrated Care Board coordinating population planning, commissioning and local healthcare services with primary-care representatives.

ICB medical abbreviation: What It Means in the NHS

  • 28th September 2026
  • Adeem Azhar, MPharm, IPres
What does the ICB medical abbreviation stand for in the NHS? What is an ICB, and what do Integrated Care Boards do? ICB vs ICS: what is the difference? What did ICBs replace, and why do they matter to primary... Read More...

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