{"id":62,"date":"2024-05-16T18:51:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T17:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/nhs-borders\/out-of-hours-service\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T13:59:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:59:34","slug":"out-of-hours-service","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/pages\/out-of-hours-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Out of Hours Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Out of Hours Service was developed as part of the Board\u2019s responsibilities under Regulation&nbsp;11 of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (as amended).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The service allows patients to have appropriately endorsed prescriptions dispensed outwith normal pharmacy opening&nbsp;hours and is managed by the Out of Hours Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How does the service work in practice?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When NHS24 or the Out of Hours Service identifies that a patient needs dispensing services outwith normal pharmacy opening hours, they will access a list of Community Pharmacists who have volunteered to participate in the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stickers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Paragraph&nbsp;6 (2)&nbsp;of the Terms of Service for Pharmacists requires that&nbsp;<em>\u2018at every premises from which pharmaceutical services are provided there shall be exhibited\u2026at such premises, at times when those premises are not open, and in such a manner as to be visible at such times, a notice in a form approved by the Board, indicating the facilities available for securing the dispensing of medicines urgently required.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To facilitate this requirement, the Health Board provides every community pharmacy with two stickers.&nbsp; One of which can be face fixed to a glass surface.&nbsp; The second sticker is designed to be affixed to any security shutter which may be in place once the pharmacy is closed.&nbsp; We appreciate that where premises are fitted with roller shutters, these stickers, through time, will become unsightly and may fall off.&nbsp; With this in mind, replacement copies of the stickers can be obtained by contacting&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:ggc.cpdevteam@nhs.scot\">ggc.cpdevteam@nhs.scot<\/a>&nbsp;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/media\/4482\/out-of-hours-application-iform.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Out of Hours&nbsp;Application Form<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/claim-forms\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"44\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Electronic Claiming Form<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/media\/4096\/out-of-hours-change-of-pharmacist-iform.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Out of Hours&nbsp;Change of Pharmacist<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/media\/4770\/out-of-hours-removal-from-service-iform.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Removal from Service<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/pages\/sunday-opening-extended-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sunday Opening &amp; Extended Hours Pharmacies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Responsible Person: Bridie McCallum<br>Last Updated: 21\/01\/26<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">The Out of Hours Service was developed as part of the Board\u2019s responsibilities under Regulation&nbsp;11 of the National Health Service [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":22,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-62","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2370,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions\/2370"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}