Community Pharmacy Outreach Service - Harbottle / Pharmacy Outreach

Concepts

• pharmacy services
• sunderland
• harbottle gp surgery
• harbottle surgery
• harbottle
• medicine collection services
• nhs property services
• the harbottle surgery site
• the harbottle surgery
• a medicines collection service

Location

Harbottle

Description

Community Pharmacy Outreach Service - Medicines Delivery/Collection Services enhanced service has been designed to support patients registered at Harbottle GP Surgery. This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and Procurement Regulations 2024 do not apply to this award. Do to urgent need, an implied contract has been in place since 01 April 2025 but contracts were signed off September 2025.

Total Quantity or Scope

Following the closure of Harbottle Surgery the dispensing and medicine collection implications for patients that were registered with the Harbottle surgery as a branch surgery now operates from Harbottle on a temporary basis and this service is to support the patients who are seen in Harbottle. The pharmacy will provide a medicines collection service for patients, based at the GP surgery in Harbottle at designated times in the week.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85149000 - Pharmacy services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price and quality.

Legal Justification

Boots (UK) Ltd is the only pharmacy in Rothbury/Harbottle, the closest other/next pharmacy is at 9.7 miles

Other Information

The pharmacy must ensure that they have mechanisms in place to provide medicine collection services to patients wishing to collect them from Harbottle GP Surgery. The address of the premises from which the medicines will be collected is: GP Branch Surgery, Village Hall, Harbottle, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE65 7DG The session will be provided between 3-5pm on Thursday afternoons only. The pharmacy will enable patients to collect their medicines (dispensed from The provider) from the Harbottle surgery site on Thursday afternoon between 3.30pm and 4.30pm every week. The pharmacy will deliver the services in conjunction with the Heads of terms with NHS Property Services. The pharmacy will operate under the Pharmaceutical Regulations 2013. The pharmacy will deploy 2 suitably qualified staff to operate the medicines collection service. The pharmacy will maintain patient confidentiality in operations. The Pharmacy will comply with the Data Protection Act. The pharmacy will not leave medications at the village hall and will return any uncollected medicines to the provider. Monitoring - Quarterly monitoring meetings will take place between the Primary Care Commissioning Manager of NHS England and the Regional Pharmacy Experience Manager of The provider. This will include looking at relevant data (e.g. usage, delivery/business continuity risks). Services 01/04/2025 - 31/03/2026