Community pharmacy contractors are required to ensure continuity of service provision in line with the terms of their NHS contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unscheduled Closures:<\/strong> All pharmacy closures must be reported via the questionnaire here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Planned Closures:<\/strong> Maintaining open communication is essential to support service continuity and safeguard patient access to pharmaceutical care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Important Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/a>Guidance Notes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/a>Display Notice<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>Record of Community Pharmacy Closures<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n (ADD BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN TEMPLATE)<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Community pharmacy contractors are required to ensure continuity of service provision in line with the terms of their NHS contract. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-45","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2283,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions\/2283"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-highland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Any unplanned or unscheduled closure of a community pharmacy represents a potential breach of contract and must be avoided wherever possible. In the event of unforeseen circumstances leading to a closure, contractors must notify the Community Pharmacy Services Team immediately and take all reasonable steps to minimise disruption to patient care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For any planned closures (e.g. refurbishment, staff training, or other operational reasons), contractors must contact the Community Pharmacy Services Team in advance to seek approval and ensure appropriate arrangements are in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n