Berkshire – Locally Commissioned Services
Local Authority Public Health Teams in Berkshire (Bracknell Forest Council, Slough Borough Council, Reading Borough Council, Wokingham Borough Council, West Berkshire Council and The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead) currently commission the following services from Community Pharmacy:
EHC Berkshire West (Reading, Wokingham, West Berkshire)
- Service Specification 2022-24 (extended to 2025)
- Levonorgestrol (Levonelle) EHC PGD 2022-24 (extended to 2025)
- Ulipristal Acetate (ellaOne) PGD 2022-24 (extended to 2025)
- Find an EHC Pharmacy provider here
EHC East Berkshire (Bracknell, RBWM, Slough)
- Service Specification & Contract – 1st April 2024-31st March 2027
Substance Misuse
- Bracknell – New Hope:
- Supervised Consumption – Contract – 1st April 2024-31st March 2027
- Needle Exchange – Contract – 1st April 2024-31st March 2027
- Slough – Turning Point:
- Supervised Consumption – SLA 1st April 2023-31st March 2025 – Part A; Part B
- Needle Exchange – SLA 1st April 2023-31st March 2025 – Part A; Part B
- Turning Point Pharmacy Help Guide
- RBWM – Cranstoun:
- Supervised Consumption – Service Specification 1st April 2022-31st March 2025
- Needle Exchange – Service Specification 1st April 2024-31st March 2025
- Reading – CGL:
- Needle Exchange – Service Specification 2022-24
- Supervised Consumption – SLA 1st Oct 2022-30th Sept 2024
- West Berkshire – Via:
- Needle Exchange – Service Specification 1st April 2024-31st March 2026
- Supervised Consumption – Service Specification 1st April 2024-31st March 2026
- Take Home Naloxone – Service Specification – 1st April 2024-31st March 2026
- Wokingham – Cranstoun
- Needle Exchange – Service Specification April 2022-March 2025
- Substance Misuse – Service Specification April 2021-March 2026
ICBs in Berkshire currently commission the following service from Community Pharmacy:
- Guaranteed Provision of Urgent Medication (incl. palliative care & antivirals)
- BOB (Berkshire West) – Service Contract 2022-25; Provider & Stock List
- Frimley – Covid Antivirals – Service Specification 1/2/2024-1/4/2025; Provider List
- Minor Ailment Scheme
- BOB (Berkshire West) – Service Specification 11/12/23-31/3/24 (extended to 30/6/2024)
- NMS Expansion Pilot: Inclusion of Depression
- Bracknell & RBWM only – Service Level Agreement – to March 2024
- Palliative Care Medicines on Demand from selected pharmacies:
- Frimley (East Berkshire) – Contract 2023-26; Provider List