Howbeck Healthcare worked in partnership with North Staffordshire GP Federation to successfully secure a bid for funding from NHS England to support practices to appoint clinical pharmacists to work in General Practice.
In May 2016, four clinical pharmacists have successfully been appointed to work across 5 GP Practices in North Staffordshire.
Practices in North Staffordshire who have benefited from the appointment of clinical pharmacists are:
- Mayfield Surgery
- Willowbank Surgery
- Werrington Surgery
- Harley Street Medical Centre
- Well Street Medical Centre
This project has helped practices to:
- Sustain primary care;
- Increase the medical workforce numbers in primary care;
- Attract new workforce to the local health economy
- Add skill mix, with standardised minimum expertise, within primary care;
- Act in an enabling role, helping to reduce the primary care healthcare team’s workload;
- Bring new talent to the NHS
Phase 1
Following the success of the Clinical Pharmacy Pilot, Howbeck Healthcare has supported its Federation in North Staffordshire to support more practices to appoint clinical pharmacists to work in General Practice. Four clinical pharmacists were appointed to work across 5 GP Practices in North Staffordshire.
Project Funding
Circa £132,000 (NHSE) for 3 years
Project Implementation
March 2017 – Bid Successful October 2017 – January 2018 – Clinical Pharmacists appointed across 5 GP Practices for a 3 year timeframe.
Practices in the Project
Practices who have benefited from appointment of clinical pharmacists are:
- Biddulph Valley Surgery
- Biddulph Doctors
- Park Medical Centre
- Trent Vale Medical Centre
- Kidsgrove Medical Centre – Dr Harbidge & Partners
Contribution to the High Impact Changes (HICs)
This project contributes to the following HICs:
- HIC 4. Developing the Team
Examples of how practices have used the project
- Helping to sustain primary care;
- Increasing the medical workforce numbers in primary care;
- Attracting new workforce to our local health economy
- Adding skill mix, with standardised minimum expertise, within primary care;
- Act in an enabling role, helping to reduce the primary care healthcare team’s workload;
- Bring new talent to the NHS