Pharmacy Integration Fund

(asked on 28th November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the Pharmacy Integration Fund for 2017-18 has been spent to date; and if he will provide a breakdown of that expenditure.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 6th December 2017

The actual and estimated expenditure on the Pharmacy Integration fund for 2017/18 is set out below:

2017/18

Budget item

Actual spend

Estimated additional spend

Regional and national staff

£157,673

£305,531

Contractors

£12,100

Public and Patient volunteer payments

£1,444

£4,404

Communications

£808,600

£20,000

NHS Urgent Medicines Supply Advanced Service (NUMSAS)

£256,581.50

£933,819

NUMSAS infrastructure

£700,000

GP Pharmacist Programme

£5,000,000

Miscellaneous expenses

£40,537

£46,820

Subtotal (Actual Spend)

£6,276,936

Budget allocated to additional areas

Integrated Urgent Care Pharmacist Programme

£517,860

Education and Development Programme

£5,100,000

NHS Digital

£585,000

Digital Minor Illness Referral – Community Pharmacy Referral Scheme

£250,000

Evaluation

£460,000

Pharmacy system leadership development work

£3,000,000

Subtotal (estimated additional spend)

£11,923,434

Total Estimated Spend 2017/18

£18,200,370

As a result of the 2017 general election pre-election period and subsequent appointment of new Government ministers put a temporary stop to procurements in April-July 2017. National Health Service priorities were assessed and a decision was made to postpone the mobilisation of the Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes Programme until 2018/19 given wider funding pressures.

The provisional budget for 2018/19 is under review given outcome of the Budget.

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