Community Pharmacy England has launched a new website to provide patients with information about several NHS services that pharmacies in England are providing. The website (communitypharmacy.org.uk) provides information on the following three services:
- Pharmacy First Service;
- Hypertension Case Finding Service (publicly known as the NHS Blood Pressure Check Service); and
- Pharmacy Contraception Service.
There is a separate page for each of the services on the website providing patients with information about the three services and there are links to the NHS website to find a pharmacy that offers the service.
The website also provides information to help patients understand about their right to choose which pharmacy they wish to use to access relevant services.
GP practices are asked to consider including a link on their website to the new community pharmacy website to help raise patient awareness of these NHS services that are available at pharmacies.
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