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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.

Choosing an NHS Supplier? Why Cyber Essentials Plus Matters for PCNs & GP Practices

  • 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...
Primary-care team reviewing QOF registers, indicators, achievement and reporting within the Quality and Outcomes Framework.

QOF Explained: What Is the Quality and Outcomes Framework?

  • 25th September 2026
  • Adeem Azhar, MPharm, IPres
What is QOF and what does QOF stand for? How does QOF work in NHS primary care? How are QOF points and payments calculated? What does it mean to be on a QOF register? What are personalised care adjustments? What... Read More...
GP practices connected through a Primary Care Network to share workforce, services and local improvement activity.

What Is a Primary Care Network? PCNs Explained

  • 23rd September 2026
  • NoahCoreUsr
How does a Primary Care Network fit within NHS primary care? Why were Primary Care Networks created, and do they still exist? How do Primary Care Networks work? What does a Primary Care Network do? Who works in a Primary... Read More...
GP practice and PCN leaders reviewing clinical pharmacist capacity, scope, governance and reporting when assessing outsourced support cost.

Cost of Outsourced Clinical Pharmacist Support for GP Practices and PCNs

  • 22nd September 2026
  • Adeem Azhar, MPharm, IPres
How much does outsourced clinical pharmacist support cost? What affects the cost of outsourced clinical pharmacist support? What should be included in a clinical pharmacist quote? How we price clinical pharmacist support ARRS rules for outsourced and remote pharmacist services... Read More...
General practice and PCN teams reviewing GP Contract 2026/27 changes across funding, access, QOF, prevention and workforce planning.

The GP contract 2026/27 changes funding, access, QOF and workforce arrangements for general practice in England. Practices and PCNs should turn the GP contract changes into capacity, triage and prevention plans.

  • 18th September 2026
  • Adeem Azhar, MPharm, IPres
What are the main GP contract changes for 2026/27? How will GP contract 2026/27 funding work? Need support with GP capacity planning? What are the QOF changes for 2026/27? What are the new GP access requirements for 2026/27? What should... Read More...
GP practice and PCN teams reviewing QOF 2026/27 changes across diabetes, heart failure, obesity and childhood vaccinations.

QOF 2026/27 Changes: What GP Practices and PCNs Need to Know

  • 17th September 2026
  • Adeem Azhar, MPharm, IPres
What are the key QOF changes for 2026/27? What are the new QOF indicators for diabetes, heart failure and obesity? What has changed for childhood vaccinations? Need support to prepare your practice? What should GP practices do about QOF 2026/27?... Read More...
A clinical pharmacist bridging the healthcare gap between deprived and supported communities through targeted medicines optimisation and patient care.

Best Clinical Pharmacist Providers for PCNs and GP Practices in 2026

  • 16th September 2026
  • Adeem Azhar, MPharm, IPres
Choosing a clinical pharmacist provider is not simply a decision about buying a set number of  clinical pharmacist or pharmacy technician hours. The provider may be responsible for medicines related work involving high-risk medicines, patient records, prescribing decisions within their... Read More...

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