Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) 21/22: Gateway Requirements

NHS England and NHS Improvement have published details of this year’s PQS:

• https://cpsc.org.uk/professionals/nhs-contract/quality-payments-introduction

This is a summary of the gateway criteria for PQS 21/22:

1. At least 20 New Medicine Service (NMS) completed between 1^st April 2021 – 5^th January 2022.
2. Written Patient Safety Report including:
   1.  LASA learnings
3. Risk Review including:
   1. Risk of missing sepsis
   2. Risk of missing red flags on OTC sales
   3. Minimising covid transmission
4. CPPE e-learning for ALL pharmacists and registered technicians*
   1. Reducing LASA errors https://www.cppe.ac.uk/programmes/l/safetylasa-e-01/
   2. Risk Management https://www.cppe.ac.uk/programmes/l/riskman-g-02/
   3. Sepsis https://www.cppe.ac.uk/gateway/sepsis

Information and checklists will be updated on our PQS page: 

• https://cpsc.org.uk/professionals/nhs-contract/quality-payments-introduction

* If you have previously completed these CPPE e-learning and assessments you do not need to complete them again.