The Community Pharmacist Consultation Service is an NHS funded scheme that has been established in pharmacies across England since October 2019. The service initially managed referrals from NHS 111 for face to face or remote consultations with community pharmacists and has more recently been rolled out to include referrals from GP practices. Below is a list of resources which you may find useful to help propagate CPCS in to your practice.

• NHS England and Improvement and Humber, Coast and Vale Step by Step Guide for Implementation
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society Blog: Benefits the Service Provides to Patients from a Practice Perspective 
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society Blog: Benefits the Service Provides to Patients from a Community Pharmacy Perspective
• Video: How Patients Benefit from the Service 
• NHS England in North East and Yorkshire Introduction to CPCS
• NHS England FAQs on Implementing the GP Referral Pathway (CPCS)
• NHS England GP Referral Pathway CPCS Toolkit for GPs and Primary Care
• NHS England CPCS Conditions Summary that can be managed by Community Pharmacists
• NHS England CPCS GP and PCN Governance Arrangements for GP Referral Pathway
• Regional NHS England Lead Summary Sheet on CPCS
• Regional NHS England Lead Summary of Key Benefits to the System
• Referring Minor Illness Patients to a Community Pharmacist: New Referral Pathway for Primary Care Networks
• Case Study: GP Referral to NHS Community Pharmacist Consultation Service
• Webinar: Royal College of General Practitioners CPCS General Practice and Community Pharmacy Working Together
• CPCS FutureNHS Workspace (Log in Required)
• PCPA Webinar - The Role of the PCN/GP Practice Pharmacist in Implementing the GP Referral Pathway to NHS Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS) - March 2021 
• PCPA and NPA Webinar - GP Community Pharmacist Consultation Service: Implementation Gems and Resources - July 2021
• NPA Myth-Busting Resource - GP Referrals to the NHS Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS)

If you require further support with this please contact the Medicines Management Team on RxLine who will be able to advise accordingly.

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