NHS Care Services

Public Health Service

What's New

Changes to Remuneration of the Public Health Service

PCA(P)(2010)15 outlined changes to the core funding of the Public Health Service.

From May 1st 2010 contractors will only receive £250 per month remuneration for the core Public Health Service. Payments for the patient interventions remain at £25 per contact currently.

Public Health Services-Patient Interventions

On the 25^th of June 2008 Shona Robison MSP Scotland's Minister for Public Health announced that Community Pharmacy contractors will be able to start delivering a smoking cessation service and a new sexual health service.

Community Pharmacy Scotland is delighted that the services are to be continued for the financial year 2009-10.

The smoking cessation service will allow community pharmacist contractors to deliver a 12 week advice, support and NRT programme to help patients quit smoking.

The smoking cessation service specification is available here. The sexual health service will allow contractors to deliver two key sexual health services:

• An emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) service

• A testing and treatment for Chlamydia service

The sexual health service specification is available here.

The claim form for the delivery of the service is available here.