1. Prescribing What can we learn from this year to inform 16/17?
Leadership
Prescribing Leads in every practice
Financial Incentives/ Contractual requirements
Budget set on 14/15 outturn (and at a level of spend per ASTROPU which is in the ‘middle’ of national levels)
Prescribing incentive scheme (PIS)
PMS – integrated into Development Framework
GMS – separate scheme (quality/safety 50p/pt, cost 25p/pt)
COPD, NOAC and Shared Care LES
Accessible information and Performance data
Practice budget and Chapter reports on CCG website
Individual prescriber data available electronically and now ‘on paper’
Education, training and support
Prescribing Leads meetings
Prescribing clerks training
Training & Education Events – diabetes, respiratory
Pharmacy and technician support to practices
Patient, public, partner engagement
Patients - Paracetamol campaign; Do You Take It? Campaign; self care leaflets; engagement with representative groups; PALS support to practices
Ipswich Hospital - joint formulary across several Chapters

2. Prescribing What can we learn from this year to inform 16/17?
Next year?
Leadership
Financial Incentives/ Contractual requirements
Accessible information and Performance data
Education, training and support
Patient, public, partner engagement