{"id":73,"date":"2024-05-15T14:27:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T13:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lanarkshire\/nhs-borders\/pharmacy-services\/public-health-service\/"},"modified":"2024-06-26T12:02:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T11:02:41","slug":"public-health-service","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lanarkshire\/pages\/pharmacy-services\/public-health-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Health Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Page last updated September 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Public Health Service (PHS) is one of the four core community pharmacy services and currently consists of 4 elements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ensuring that there is a health-promoting environment in the pharmacy &#8211; including promoting national campaigns using a combination of window posters, promotional materials and staff training (e.g. raising awareness of bowel cancer screening, flu vaccination uptake, hydration etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Offering a sexual health service (EHC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Offering a smoking cessation service<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Offering access to prophylactic paracetamol for childhood vaccinations where appropriate<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The Public Health Service aims to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Promote and support a pro-active approach to self-care and keeping well<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make use of windows\/frontage and\/or display space in pharmacies to promote health<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide access to appropriate health education information, materials and support<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contribute to the preventative health agenda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Offer opportunistic interventions to promote health<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Further Details on this service can be found on&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cps.scot\/core-2\/public-health-service\" target=\"_blank\">CPS website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Community Pharmacy: Public Health Service Provision of Prophylactic Antipyretic (Paracetamol) following Meningococcal Group B Vaccine and other childhood vaccines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/documents\/nhs_boards\/lanarkshire\/COVER_LETTER_PCA_P_2015_25.pdf\">Letter to all Community Pharmacies in NHS Lanarkshire<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk\/pca\/PCA2015(P)25.pdf\">PCA(P)(2015) 25 Circular<\/a>&nbsp;(Added 1 October 2015)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Community Pharmacy: Public Health Service Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC) Updated Directions and Service Specification<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/documents\/nhs_boards\/lanarkshire\/COVER_LETTER_PCA_P_2015_20.pdf\">Letter to all Community Pharmacies in NHS Lanarkshire<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk\/pca\/PCA2015(P)20.pdf\">PCA(P)(2015)20<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please find below NHS Lanarkshire documentation to support the Public Health Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/documents\/nhs_boards\/lanarkshire\/Communication\/UPDATE_9.pdf\">Update No 9 (05\/01\/09)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/documents\/nhs_boards\/lanarkshire\/Communication\/UPDATE_8.pdf\">Update No 8 (06\/01\/09)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/documents\/nhs_boards\/lanarkshire\/Communication\/UPDATE_7.pdf\">Update No 7 (23\/12\/08)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/documents\/nhs_boards\/lanarkshire\/Communication\/UPDATE_6.pdf\">Update No 6 (15\/12\/08)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/documents\/nhs_boards\/lanarkshire\/Communication\/UPDATE_5.pdf\">Update No 5 (01\/12\/08)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/documents\/nhs_boards\/lanarkshire\/Communication\/UPDATE_4.pdf\">Update No 4 (06\/11\/08)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/documents\/nhs_boards\/lanarkshire\/Communication\/UPDATE_3.pdf\">Update No 3 (09\/10\/08)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/documents\/nhs_boards\/lanarkshire\/Communication\/UPDATE_2.pdf\">Update No 2 (19\/09\/08)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/documents\/nhs_boards\/lanarkshire\/Communication\/UPDATE_1.pdf\">Update No 1 (28\/08\/08<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">Page last updated September 2023 The Public Health Service (PHS) is one of the four 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