Independent Community Pharmacist

Project value: £1000-£2000

The clients challenge

Having no experience of the Pharmacy contract application process, a young locum pharmacist requested that Pharmacy Consulting submit an application on his behalf to obtain an Internet Pharmacy Contract for premises that he already owned in the Midlands

Pharmacy Consulting’s solution

In order to keep costs under control this project was unusually undertaken without a site visit. After asking the customer various site specific questions, Pharmacy Consulting prepared a draft application for the client to check through prior to the application being submitted. Pharmacy Consulting also advised the client concerning the need to obtain planning consent for the envisaged change of use of the premises which were to become the internet pharmacy.

The customer benefits

The client knew after receiving the independent advice from Pharmacy Consulting that their application had the absolute maximum chance of being granted. They saved time in the application process by accepting the Pharmacy Consulting recommendation that their desired hours of service needed to be modified to meet the minimum hours of service required of all NHS contracted pharmacies. They saved further time by asking Pharmacy Consulting to undertake the draft contract application on their behalf, thus allowing the application to be submitted well before an impending deadline