Sexual Health NEL

COVID-19 Amendments to service:

Telephone consultation allowed

NEL ACT (Advice, Contraception & Treatment) Sexual Health Service

Commissioner:

NEL Council

Service Period: 30/04/2018 extended to 30/04/2022

North East Lincolnshire Council have confirmed that a contract extension letter will be sent to pharmacies this week (WC 17/05/21). This is an interim measure whilst the Service specification is reviewed. The terms of the contract extension offer remain exactly the same as the original contract. If you wish to continue to provide this service, please respond to North East Lincolnshire Council via email as soon as you receive the extension offer, to confirm your engagement..

Service Specification:

To assist contractors & pharmacists to accommodate the changes to the service and ensure compliance to the new PGD’s and Service Specification, the revised Patient Group Directions and all updated supporting documents are available to download from the PharmOutcomes platform.

The service must be delivered by a pharmacist who has completed their CPPE Declaration of Competency self-assessment framework for Emergency contraception (https://www.cppe.ac.uk/services/declaration-of-competence2?srv=1#doc)  and must be recorded on the PharmOutcomes platform.

PGDs:

Revised PGDs have now been released and sent to pharmacies via North East Lincolnshire council; these are valid from 1 October 2020 to 30 September 2023.

Copies of the signed PGDs must be retained within the pharmacy and be available for inspection if requested. Pharmacists providing EHC via PGD across a number of pharmacies must sign the PGD at each pharmacy where they deliver the service.

The updated PGDs, EHC via PGD Pharmacist reminder sheet, Ulipristal client information sheet, Levonorgestrel client information sheet and the excluded client sheet are available to download and print from the PharmOutcomes EHC platform and below:

NEL Levonogestrel PDG 2020-2023

NEL Ulipristal PGD 2020-2023

NEL EHC via PGD Reminder sheet for pharmacists October 2020 v2

NEL Excluded client sheet Oct 2020

NEL Levonorgestrel Client Information Oct 2020

NEL Ulipristal acetate client information Oct 2020

Claims:

All claims to be submitted via the PharmOutcomes platform

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