{"id":84,"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\/universal-claim-framework-ucf\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:39:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:39:39","slug":"universal-claim-framework-ucf","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/pages\/universal-claim-framework-ucf\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Claim Framework (UCF)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Universal Claim Framework (UCF) is a framework that enables electronic claiming for pharmacy led services.&nbsp; As well as Minor Ailments, there are 8 services currently in scope for UCF:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unscheduled Care<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gluten-Free Food<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emergency Hormonal Contraception<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Smoking Cessation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meningitis Vaccine Prophylaxis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Impetigo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Urinary Tract Infection<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vitamin D Supplement Service<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Before proceeding, community pharmacies must ensure they are in receipt of a box of the new CP4\/3 Forms required for the delivery of some of the UCF services.&nbsp; Sites with any queries about UCF should contact CPDEVTEAM at: gg-uhb.cpdevteam@nhs.net<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An overview of the UCL with a link to the matrix summarising which services a UCF should&nbsp;be used for can be found <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nss.nhs.scot\/pharmacy-services\/pharmacy-services\/using-the-universal-claims-framework-ucf\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nss.nhs.scot\/pharmacy-services\/pharmacy-services\/using-the-universal-claims-framework-ucf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pharmacies may find it useful to print this matrix as a reference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Responsible Person: Rachel Bruce<br>Last Updated: 12\/06\/24<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">Universal Claim Framework (UCF) is a framework that enables electronic claiming for pharmacy led services.&nbsp; As well as Minor Ailments, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":42,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-84","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84","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=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2392,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ggc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84\/revisions\/2392"}],"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=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}