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“Promoting the interests of Dispensing Doctors and the excellence of doctor dispensing for the benefit of patients”
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Dr Richard West Chairman DDA Chairman Suffolk LMC Dispensing doctor GP
Pharmacy owner
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Agenda Pharmacy Contract Dispensing Fee Reimbursement CQC EPS
Falsified Medicines Directive Rural General Practice
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Pharmacy 6% cut announced last December Implemention postponed
? Fewer contacts How does this fit in with pharmacy doing more?
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Future of pharmacy More services e.g. 'flu Hub & Spoke Dispensing
What does this mean for dispensing? Change to their reimbursement system How do clinical pharmacists fit in?
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Renumeration Dispensing fee increased by 7.4% in October
Still on same formulae No cost of living rises in expenses part, so there is an efficiency saving year on year for the NHS
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Reimbursement Been discussing for 5 years
Had meetings with NHS Employers, NHS England, DH and GPC Pharmacy contract Still have perverse incentives System is not in interests of patients, NHS or contractors, so why is it continuing?
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CQC Have met with the Chief Inspectors
Dispensing does better than average Still not finished Follow our guide should be OK Continuing discussions
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EPS Major GP supplier testing Who is going to pay?
Implementation proceeding There are problems It is in your contract for prescribing patients Dispensing patients are excluded from contract change
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Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD)
EU Law Implemented by 2019 What is it? How will it work? Who is paying for it? What about the workload?
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Health Services (Costs) Bill
New regulation What does it mean for us?
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MCP What does this mean in rural areas?
Be careful re losing dispensing? Lost (new) contract = lost dispensing
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How can Dispensing Practices Work in the New World?
What will the new contract look like? Need to be the centre of care for the local community Travel is a big issue Make friends with your neighbours
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Yerkes-Dodson law
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“Promoting the interests of Dispensing Doctors and the excellence of doctor dispensing for the benefit of patients”
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