Essex County Council – Healthy Living Pharmacy Level 2/3
We have opportunities within Essex, together with 3yr funding, to develop the services and would like to invite some pharmacy to participate.
The case for Essex County Council Healthy Living Pharmacy L2/3 programme:
Participating pharmacies have to commit to one member of the team undertaking the Royal Society for Public Health Understanding Health Improvement level 2 award and acting as Healthy Living Champion for the pharmacy, the development of a Health Information Zone within the premises, participating in an outreach or community health campaign, and demonstrating consistent delivery of at least one locally commissioned public health service. Underpinning this was the requirement for a senior member of the pharmacy to undertake leadership training to support and accommodate the changes required. Health Champion to attend monthly lunchtime training and update webinars
Expectation for the pharmacy to register and deliver on the following contractual advanced services:
* Seasonal ‘Flu Vaccination Service
* Hypertension Case-Finding Service
* Lateral Flow Device service
* Pharmacy Contraception service
* Pharmacy First service
And to register an expression of interest for the Covid-19 enhanced service
And also register and deliver on the following locally-commissioned services:
Stop Smoking service
NHS Healthchecks service
Sexual Health service
Substance Misuse service
Needle and Syringe service
Often units of activity fall into several different service specifications but these are siloed, and do not offer a holistic or patient-centred service. By utilising a Healthy Living Pharmacy approach and commissioning a framework to accommodate this patients’ individual needs can be met in one place regardless of service/activity commissioner, and transfer between service can be seamless.
Southend Sexual Health Service
Participating Community Pharmacies are expected to provide open access services for their service population, defined as people registered or resident in Southend on Sea.
There will be a natural catchment area surrounding Community Pharmacies and the commissioner is keen that Community Pharmacy Sexual Health Service delivery is as local as possible to ensure maximum accessibility.
However, it is recognised that the anonymity of a Community Pharmacy further from home may also be an attractive prospect for the spectrum of sexual health services covered in this contract.
The Community Pharmacy Sexual Health Service is available to any person who attends the Community Pharmacy and meets the following eligibility criteria:
- Emergency Hormonal Contraception Supply: Any female aged over 13 and under 25 years of age who confirms that they have had unprotected sexual intercourse within the last 120 hours and requires emergency hormonal contraception.
- Southend on Sea C-Card Condom Distribution Scheme Supply: Any Southend resident aged over 13.