Community Pharmacy Locally Commissioned Public Health Services Tanya Makins

Commissioning principles The Council is committed to promote fairness and transparency and is seeking to work with you as valued providers to continue to commission services from you in 2014/15 There is a need to harmonise and align pricing structures for Locally Commissioned Public Health Services across the county and Bassetlaw

Extension of contracts into 2014/15 Current contracts with the Council are due to expire on 31 March 2014 there is a need to extend these for a further 12 month period to 31 March 2015 with the exception of substance misuse services which have been extended for 6 months Have you signed your agreements?????

Procurement Plans All Public Health services are being or will be reviewed with a view to improve the services provided to our patients in order to provide consistency across the County and provide value for money Obesity Prevention & Weight Management Tender documents out in February 2014 New provider(s) from 1 August 2014 Substance Misuse Tender documents out in February 2014 New provider(s) from 1 October 2014

Claims Process Planning ahead ….….. please submit your Q4 claims by 10 APRIL 2014 (with the exception of smoking cessation) Our internal year end accounting and performance monitoring deadlines are still to be published Please look out for the amended claim form(s) to be used from 1 April Auditing and monitoring programmes are also being developed as we move into

New Business We are happy to receive enquiries regarding new business There is an application to complete and a process to follow Send any enquiries to Tanya Makins at

Locally Commissioned Public Health Services GPs Community Pharmacies Smoking Cessation NHS Health Checks NRT IUCDs Emergency Hormonal Contraception Sub Dermal Implants C-Card GPs with Special Interest ( ) Chlamydia Weight Management (Bassetlaw ) ( ) Needle & Syringe Exchange ( ) Alcohol (Bassetlaw) ( ) Supervised Consumption ( )

EHC EHC - Locally Commissioned Public Health Services – Nottinghamshire County Service delivery Revised specification to harmonise across the county and Bassetlaw (training requirements the same) Performance and quality reporting requirements Full Postcode required with consent of the patient Payment (value/incentives) No change Payment termsNo change

Smoking Cessation Service Delivery Performance and Quality Reporting Requirements Payment (value/ Incentives) Payment Terms Free online training to a recognised national standard will be accessible. This will be supported by information on local delivery and documentation. To continue as specified No change Being reviewed in line with NCC payment system – to be confirmed NRT voucher scheme will be for a 4 week supply (reduced from 12 weeks). Changes to product availability covered in the NRT voucher scheme. No changeN/A

NRT Service Delivery Performance and Quality Reporting Requirements Payment (value/ incentives) Payment Terms NRT voucher scheme will be for a 4 week supply (reduced from 12 weeks) from Changes to product availability covered in the NRT voucher scheme. Amend the NRT 400 form used by pharmacies to claim the NRT reimbursement No changeVAT Reclamation may require VAT Invoices from Pharmacies TBC.

C Card distribution As from 1 st of April 2014 the responsibility for this service will transfer within the Local Authority to the Children’s Integrated Commissioning Hub, the only change will be where to submit your claims, you will shortly be notified of this by . Please submit claims for activity from 1 st of April 2014 to: Sam Hammond C Card Technical Specialist Rushcliffe Locality Team Cotgrave Leisure Centre Woodview Cotgrave Nottinghamshire NG12 3PJ Tel:

Pharmoutcomes Local Authority unlike the NHS is not exempt from VAT, the local authority also require a vat invoice submitted for each payment. We have 2 options 1.Purchase orders would be raised and submitted to Public Health Contract and Quality Team for accuracy and accreditation checking, these would then be returned in order for an invoice to be raised by the pharmacy 2.A web based claims system for Community Pharmacist

Contract Manager contact details for LCPHS Tanya Makins Public Health Contracts Manager Tel (internal 33034) Mobile