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 15 pharmacies, chosen from those who expressed an interest, to ensure good geographical coverage of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. You can find the list of participating pharmacies in the useful documents section below.
The previous voluntary agreement will be decommissioned from the 1st June 2019, see the useful documents section for further details.
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 Clare Moody – clare.moody@nhs.net or alternatively – capccg.prescribingpartnership@nhs.net
Interactive map of participating pharmacies
Palliative Pharmacy Opening Hours 2021
You can display this poster in your dispensary as a reminder for staff – Staff Poster
Decommissioning Voluntary Palliative Drug Scheme – pharmacy letter
