1. Procurement and Distribution Interest Group and the National Homecare Medicines Committee Jointly presents: Medicines & Homecare Symposium Thursday the 15 th January 2009 at “The National Motorcycle Museum”, Birmingham

2. Improving standards – the contribution of the National Homecare Medicines Committee (NHMC) Liz Payne Category Manager, Homecare 15 th January 2009

3. Content NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency Homecare team data NHMC guidance and good practice future…..

4. NHS PASA established 2000 executive agency of DH centrally funded

5. Homecare team

6. Challenges rapid expansion of market managing the market fragmented purchasing vast number of stakeholders poor communication channels clinical choice lack of / poor quality data

7. Who are our stakeholders? Other departmental bodies Home Countries SHA’s / NHS Trusts / PCTs Government Suppliers NHS PASA Patients Clinicians / end users Hubs / confederations

8. Homecare team Data collection Developing Specifications Support NHMC Attend regional pharmacy groups Framework agreements DH sponsored development of a central data collection point standard data fields ‘one stop shop’ for data on homecare identifying best practice Consultation with industry supporting the NHS support for industry facilitate and manage the committee National focus on homecare work streams to develop policy Newsletter Sharing knowledge and best practice to pharmacists and procurement HIV Dose banding of cytotoxic medicines

9. NHMC background and role development performance models and best practice standards representation and specialisms outputs

10. Representation and Specialism’s North West Ray Green, Chief Pharmacist, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Alastair Gibson, Director of Pharmacy and Allied Health Prof. West Midlands Yorkshire & the Humber Phil Deady, Pharmaceutical Adviser, Leeds Teaching Hospital North East London Allan Karr, Pharmacy Business Manager UCLH Philip Aubrey, Deputy Medicines Proc. Specialist, London/Eastern South West Graham Brack, Pharmaceutical Adviser, Central Cornwall David Stead, Medicines Procurement Lead, United Bristol East of England Alison Ashman, Specialist Procurement Pharmacist, Pro-cure South Central Trevor Munton, Regional Quality Ass.Pharmacist, North Bristol East Midlands South East Coast Jim Armstrong, Snr. Proc. Spec. Pharmacist, Kent & Medway Heather Weaver, Head of Medicines Mgmt. Maidstone Nick Haslem, Commissioning Manager, SEC Specialised Comm. Group 3 Wales Dr Richard Sturgess, Technical and Computer Services Pharmacist Scotland James Warnock, Pharmacy Homecare Services Manager, Glasgow

11. Guidance and specifications generic specifications – Matrix approach website address nww.pasa.nhs.uknww.pasa.nhs.uk

12. Future Analysis of data Therapy specific specifications Communication

14. Procurement and Distribution Interest Group and the National Homecare Medicines Committee Jointly presents: Medicines & Homecare Symposium Thursday the 15 th January 2009 at “The National Motorcycle Museum”, Birmingham