Pharmacy Advice Audit: Have you taken part yet?

Only 10% of Pharmacies across Hampshire & Isle of Wight have completed their advice audit on Pharmoutcomes.

Pharmacies still have time to get involved in the Pharmacy Advice Audit as the deadline has been extended to Friday 28th June.

The audit gathers critical evidence for use in the ongoing call for increased funding and to capture healthcare advisory work not being covered by Pharmacy First. Its results will be used to build more support for the sector from patient groups, politicians, and the national press.

Community Pharmacy England has extended the deadline to Friday 28th June to give pharmacy teams more time to take part. The more pharmacies that get involved, the stronger the audit data becomes.

Just one day and this is your chance to have a direct impact on the case being made for community pharmacy.

Once you have completed the audit, please don’t forget to submit your data on PharmOutcomes.

What you need to do

Over the course of just one day, pharmacies are asked to follow four simple steps:

1. Record patient/customer interactions where:
   1. advice was given by ANY member of the pharmacy team AND
   2. the consultation is not covered by the Pharmacy First service.
2. Carry this out across a full working day, recording all consultations.
3. Estimate the percentage of consultations that were recorded (this is to recognise that some consultations may be missed).
4. When all consultations have been completed, enter the data on PharmOutcomes.

All the information and resources you need, including a template for data entry, can be found at: 

• cpe.org.uk/adviceaudit