Palliative care
This service is aimed at the supply of specialist and palliative care drugs, the demand for which may be urgent and/or unpredictable and takes place during normal opening hours for the community pharmacy or commissioned extended hours e.g. Sunday/public holiday rota. It is currently only available to selected pharmacies, to ensure good geographical coverage of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. You can find a list of participating pharmacies and the items that they hold on the ICB website. If possible patients or representatives should contact the pharmacy before attending.
All pharmacists involved in delivering this service must be appropriately trained in the operation of the service as identified in the CPPE Introduction to Palliative Care course
All pharmacists must also show they have completed some Continuing Professional Development (CPD) relevant to this service.
Any queries please contact ceicb.prescribingpartnership@nhs.net
Claims are made via PharmOutcomes
For pharmacies commissioned to provide the service and the bank holiday opening hours see the ICS website – End of Life Care Medicine Services | NHS Central East ICB
