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The numbers explained
Source: C+D PCT Investigation 2011; FOI requests to all PCTs in England; all figures cover 2010-11 financial year (April 2010-March 2011)
Number of services = total number of enhanced pharmacy services commissioned by PCT; MURs per capita = number of MURs carried out per head of PCT population; EHC max fee = the maximum fee paid to a pharmacy per EHC intervention, including where appropriate consultation fee, drug supply fee and any other fees; Chlamydia uptake rate = percentage of pharmacies providing commissioned chlamydia service out of total number of pharmacies in PCT; Minor ailments spend = total PCT spend on minor ailments services commissioned from pharmacies
For more details on the figures see the full data tables on individual service pages
 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 |