Howbeck Healthcare worked in partnership with North Staffordshire GP Federation to successfully secure a bid for funding from NHS England to support practices to appoint clinical pharmacists to work in General Practice.
In May 2016, four clinical pharmacists have successfully been appointed to work across 5 GP Practices in North Staffordshire.
Practices in North Staffordshire who have benefited from the appointment of clinical pharmacists are:
This project has helped practices to:
Following the success of the Clinical Pharmacy Pilot, Howbeck Healthcare has supported its Federation in North Staffordshire to support more practices to appoint clinical pharmacists to work in General Practice. Four clinical pharmacists were appointed to work across 5 GP Practices in North Staffordshire.
Circa £132,000 (NHSE) for 3 years
March 2017 – Bid Successful October 2017 – January 2018 – Clinical Pharmacists appointed across 5 GP Practices for a 3 year timeframe.
Practices who have benefited from appointment of clinical pharmacists are:
This project contributes to the following HICs: