Care At The Chemist (Minor Ailment Service) - Knowsley
Details
- Supplier(s)
20 suppliers
- AIM RX LTD, t/a Kirkby Town Chemist
- ASDA STORES LIMITED
- Bestway National Chemists Limited
- Boots the Chemist Ltd
- Care Pharmacy, t/a Stockbridge Pharmacy
- Care Pharmacy, t/a Sugar Lane Pharmacy
- Davey's Pharmacy
- Gorgemead LTD T/A Cohens Chemist
- Karims Pharmacy LTD
- L Rowland and Co (Retail) Ltd
- LP SD Forty Six Ltd
- Mutamb SN Ltd, t/a Kingsway Pharmacy
- Sedem Pharmacy - Longview Drive
- Sedem Pharmacy - Woodfall Heath Avenue
- Sharief Healthcare Ltd
- Superdrug Stores PLC
- TESCO STORES LIMITED
- Tops Pharmacy
- WGA UK Limited, t/a Prescriptions Pharmacy
- WGA UK LTD, t/a Neil's Pharmacy
- Value
- £0.34
- Topic
- Health services
- Published
- 9 May 2025
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
Care at the Chemist allows pharmacists to provide a range of treatments for minor ailments to patients within Knowsley. The Care at the Chemist scheme allows patients to consult a community pharmacist rather than a GP for a defined list of minor ailments. Patients who are exempt from NHS prescription charges receive treatment from an agreed local formulary free of charge. Lot 1: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB awarded a one year contract via Direct Award A to selected Knowsley pharmacies across Cheshire and Merseyside. The contract commenced on 1st April 2024 and expired on the 31st March 2025. The service is activity based and contract value will be based on service usage. Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provision of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date12 March 2024
- Completed: Award published9 May 2025Current 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
Decision makers
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| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-cheshire-and-merseyside-icb.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-cheshire-and-merseyside-icb.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-cheshire-and-merseyside-icb.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-cheshire-and-merseyside-icb.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-cheshire-and-merseyside-icb.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-cheshire-and-merseyside-icb.gov |
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