Community Pharmacy Information Standard
The community pharmacy standard supports information sharing between community pharmacists and GP practices.
About this standard
- Publisher
- NHS England
- Reference code
- DAPB4008 5/2023
- Publication date
- 26/06/2023
- Status
- Active
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Active. Active standards are stable, maintained and have been approved, assured or endorsed for use by qualified bodies.
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- Standard type
- Information standards
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Collections. A Collection is a systematic gathering of a specified selection of data or information for a particular stated purpose from existing records held within health and care systems and electronic devices.
Extractions. An extraction is a type of collection that is pulled from an operational system by the data controller and transmitted to the receiver without additional processing or transcription by the sender.
Information standards. Information standards are agreed ways of doing something, written down as a set of precise criteria so they can be used as rules, guidelines, or definitions.
Technical Standards and specifications. Technical standards and specifications specify how to make information available technically including how the data is structured and transported.
- Contact point
- Please include “Community Pharmacy Information Standard” in the subject.
Link to standard
- Documentation
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- Applies to
- Community pharmacies
- GPs and their system suppliers.
- Impacts on
- Implementation of this information standard impacts all health IT systems suppliers providing systems to the above providers; suppliers should work with their customers to determine necessary changes.
- Associated medias
- Conformance date
- 31/03/2025
- Effective from
- 01/07/2023
Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Care records
- Demographics
- Dispensing
- Information governance
- Key care information
- Patient communication
- Prescribing
- Referrals
- Tests and diagnostics
- Vaccination
- Care setting
- Community health
- GP / Primary care
- Pharmacy
Dependencies and related standards
- Dependencies
This standard needs to be reviewed and implemented alongside:
- SNOMED CT
- Health Level 7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources
- Electronic systems both sending and receiving.
- Related standards
This standard relates to Digital Medicine - FHIR. It also aims to consolidate the previous six uses of Pharmacy Information Flows standards.
Review Information
- Scope
- Health Services, NHS Services
- Sponsor
Ali Sparke, Director for Dentistry, Community, NHS England.
- Senior Responsible Officer
Libby Pink, Head of Delivery, Community Pharmacy Digital Strategy, NHS England.
- Business Lead
- Martin Orton, Programme manager, PRSB.
- Contributor
- Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB)
- Approval date
- 23/05/2023
- Post Implementation review Date
- 31/03/2026
More information
The purpose of the standard is to support the expanding use of community pharmacies and pharmacists providing services as part of the NHS, which in England are under the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF). The standard will provide consistency in recording information which can be shared with other parts of the health and care system and support a more integrated overall care system. It will support people by integrating information about their care from all parts of the system including community pharmacy.
The standard defines:
- the information that should be recorded in a community pharmacy
- the information which should be sent to the person’s general practice about the services provided to be added to their primary care record and potentially with shared care records
Page last updated: 29 August 2024