Services · 6 min read
Remote New Medicine Service and Pharmacy Contraception consultations
How the New Medicine Service and Pharmacy Contraception Service can be delivered remotely by phone or video, and the GPhC safeguards that apply.
Resources
Guides for running a service-led pharmacy
Practical guides on Pharmacy First income, staffing economics, remote-consultation rules and clinical governance, written for owners, contractors and superintendents, and checked against current official sources.
Services
Services guides
Product
Product guides
Product · 6 min read
Consultation-room technology and connectivity for remote consultations
What a pharmacy needs to run remote consultations: the consultation room, terminal, NHS-assured IT, bandwidth and a recovery path if a call drops.
Product · 6 min read
Live clinical video vs generic video-calling software
Why a claimable NHS consultation needs more than a generic video call: consent, pathway notes, an audit trail and claims through your assured system.
Governance
Governance guides
Governance · 7 min read
What a superintendent should check before approving remote consultations
A superintendent checklist for approving remote pharmacy consultations: registration, suitability, consent, recording, audit and the RP boundary.
Governance · 6 min read
DCB0129 and DCB0160: what pharmacy operators need to know
DCB0129 vs DCB0160 for pharmacy operators: which clinical-risk standard the software maker holds, which you hold, and what to ask a supplier for.
Pharmacy First
Pharmacy First guides
Pharmacy First · 5 min read
Independent prescribing and Pharmacy First from autumn 2026
Independent prescribing is planned to extend Pharmacy First from autumn 2026. What has been announced, the payments, and what is not yet confirmed.
Pharmacy First · 6 min read
Can Pharmacy First be delivered remotely? What the spec allows
What the NHS spec allows for remote Pharmacy First: six of seven pathways by good-quality video, and why the pharmacist must be at a pharmacy premises.
Pharmacy First · 6 min read
Pharmacy First payments and thresholds for 2026/27
What Pharmacy First and NHS pharmacy services pay in 2026/27: the £17 fee, the £500/£1,000 monthly payments and the £3.636bn settlement, explained.
Staffing & capacity
Staffing & capacity guides
Staffing & capacity · 6 min read
Remote pharmacist vs a second on-site pharmacist: what actually changes
How adding remote consultation capacity compares with a second on-site pharmacist or locum cover: costs, the RP boundary and what actually changes.
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Pharmacy First income and staffing guide
How to add consultation capacity without a second on-site pharmacist, mapped to your own sites.
Security and clinical-safety overview
DSPT, DCB0129 and data residency: the information-governance detail your IG lead will want.
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