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<p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are awaiting the completion of the annual audit
of its accounts, therefore no final figure is currently available for the balance
of the Pharmacy Integration Fund (PhIF). The PhIF has supported a range of initiatives,
including:</p><p>- Recruitment and training of pharmacists to support integrated urgent
care services, offering patients and care staff direct access to clinical advice and
care from pharmacists;</p><p>- Putting pharmacists and pharmacy technicians into the
multi-disciplinary teams delivering enhanced health in care homes, to support medicines
optimisation for people who live in care homes;</p><p>- The development of an urgent
medicines supply service. This connects people who contact NHS 111 for urgent access
to medicines with local community pharmacies who are able to dispense, and redirects
demand out of general practitioner out of hours services, and/or accident and emergency
departments;</p><p>- The piloting of a minor illness service, which enables people
who contact NHS 111 to get urgent care and advice from a local community pharmacy
for a range of common illness complaints; and</p><p>- Providing leadership training
for the profession to support them to work effectively with their partners in the
emerging integrated care systems, with a focus on delivering the range of benefits
of medicines optimisation.</p><p>Further information can be found on NHS England’s
website and accessed via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/primary-care/pharmacy/pharmacy-integration-fund/"
target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/primary-care/pharmacy/pharmacy-integration-fund/</a></p>
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