Awarded contract

Liverpool Place Local Pharmacy First Service

Details

Value
£5,366
Topic
Health services
Published
30 April 2025

Tender description

Community Pharmacists will provide a Minor Ailments Service in line with the requirements of the Local Pharmacy First service specification and the locally agreed Patient Group Directions (PGDs), to patients in Liverpool. By implementing Patient Group Directions, community pharmacists in Liverpool will be able to treat a wider scope of conditions, thus reducing burden on General Practice and out of hours services. Conditions covered under the PGDs for this service are Bacterial Sore Throat, Conjunctivitis & UTI. The Provider will receive £15 per Pharmacy First consultation plus drug reimbursement if supplied. Payment will be determined by level of activity with no cap, therefore costs provided are indicative only based on the average activity across all participating pharmacies in the previous financial year and are subject to change depending on activity. Lot 1: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has awarded a one year contract via Direct Award A to selected Liverpool pharmacies across Cheshire and Merseyside. The contract commenced on 1st April 2025 and will expire on 31st March 2026 with an indicative annual contract value of £5,426. The contract is an activity based contract.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date19 November 2024
  2. Completed: Award published30 April 2025
    Current notice

About the buyer

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB commissions NHS services, and formed in July 2022 from nine legacy clinical commissioning groups. Contracts are awarded by direct award, by varying an existing agreement, or through open competitive procurement. National and local framework agreements are also used, awarded directly or through a mini competition. Every award follows the Provider Selection Regime and the Procurement Act 2023. Providers can seek accreditation by contacting the ICB's procurement team directly. Procurement decisions are published in the ICB's PSR publication of decisions register.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB's contract awards have been in health and social work and education and training.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 85100000 · Health services

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