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The numbers explained
Source: C+D PCT Investigation 2011; FOI requests to all PCTs in England and, where appropriate, all health boards in Scotland and Wales; all figures cover 2010-11 financial year (April 2010-March 2011)
• Number in box = the number of PCTs/health boards that commission the relevant service from pharmacy as an enhanced service
 Jennifer Richardson As the war against the NHS reforms continues, there remains a pressing question: how to change pharmacy's funding model to support services |
 PCT Investigation 2011 Private pharmacy flu vaccinations are booming, so why are commissioners still unwilling to let the sector deliver the service for the NHS, asks James Bloodworth |
 PCT Investigation 2011 More than £3.8 million of agreed funding went unused in pharmacy EHC, chlamydia and minor ailments services across England last year, C+D's PCT Investigation 2011 has found. |
 PCT Investigation 2011 Half of the primary care trusts in England have given confidential patient information to members of the public |
 PCT Investigation 2011 PCTs and LPCs explain how the decommissioning of services has affected their area |
 Practice Pharmacy health check services are being dropped by PCTs because of a lack of interest from contractors and cost concerns, with one senior executive calling on pharmacists to “change their mentality” towards service provision. |
 Gary Paragpuri This week we delve further into PCT commissioning and see how inconsistencies are impacting on patient services – and, I’ll tell you, it’s not a pretty picture for pharmacy |
 PCT Investigation 2011 Emma Wilkinson looks at the high and low spenders in chlamydia services |
 PCT Investigation 2011 Emma Wilkinson looks at the high and low spenders - and what pharmacists have to do for their money - in EHC provision |
 PCT Investigation 2011 Emma Wilkinson looks at the high and low spenders - and what pharmacists have to do for their money - in minor ailments services |
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Gary Paragpuri Fragmented, cheap, uncoordinated – take your pick for how you’d describe your experience of the commissioning of local services |
 PCT Investigation 2011 Average income from enhanced services creeps towards £5,000 |
 PCT Investigation 2011 Average England PCT commissions seven enhanced services, C+D investigation shows |
 PCT Investigation 2011 PCTs are shelling out more on pharmacy schemes – but is this news as positive as it sounds, asks Melanie Hall |