IMPORTANT: QP Declaration and Confirmation Email

Published: Thu, 05/11/17

QP Declaration and Confirmation Email
Make Sure you have Written Proof that you have Submitted your Declaration
Our email recently went over how to declare your Quality Payment results to ensure that you get paid for the hard work you have done. Remember that you have only a few more days before the deadline (12th May 2017).

You should receive a conformation email as part of the declaration process. Make sure that you keep the confirmation email for your own records and as proof of submission. 

An example email confirmation can be seen below:
 
From: NHSBSA Quality Payment Scheme
Sent: [Date]
Subject: NHS Quality Payments Scheme: Quality criteria for F[code] (review point one)
To: [Email address]

You have indicated that pharmacy F[code] meets the gateway and quality criteria, your responses to the gateway criteria declaration questions are shown below.
1. Advanced Service (criteria met)
The contractor must be offering at the pharmacy Medicines Use Reviews (MUR) and/or the New Medicine Service (NMS); and/or must be registered for the NHS Urgent Medicine Supply Advanced Service (NUMSAS) Pilot .
Please indicate if MURs and/or NMS is being offered at the pharmacy or if the pharmacy is registered to provide NUMSAS on 28 April 2017:
Medicines Use Review (MUR), New Medicine Service (NMS) and Registered to provide the NHS Urgent Medicine Supply Advanced Service (NUMSAS)
2. NHS Choices (criteria met)
Was the NHS Choices entry for the pharmacy up to date on 28 April 2017?
Yes
3. NHSmail (criteria met)
Are pharmacy staff able to send and receive NHSmail?
Yes (please provide the NHSmail email address below)
NHSmail e-mail address
[email address]
4. Electronic Prescription Service (criteria met)
Is the pharmacy able to demonstrate on-going utilisation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) at the pharmacy premises?
Yes

Declaration Summary
Pharmacy with the ODS code [Fcode] has provided the following responses to the quality criteria declaration questions for Quality Payments 
1. Patient safety - written safety report(criteria met) 
On 28 April 2017 did the pharmacy have a written safety report at premises level available for inspection at the premises, covering analysis of incidents and incident patterns (taken from an ongoing log), evidence of sharing learning locally and nationally, and actions taken in response to national patient safety alerts?
Yes
2. Patient safety - safeguarding (criteria met)
On 28 April 2017 had 80% of registered pharmacy professionals working at the pharmacy achieved level 2 safeguarding status for children and vulnerable adults in the last two years?
Yes
3. Community Pharmacy Patient Questionnaire (CPPQ) (criteria met)
On 28 April 2017, were the results of your Community Pharmacy Patient Questionnaire (CPPQ) from the last 12 months publicly available on the pharmacy’s NHS Choices page?
Yes
4. Public health - Healthy Living Pharmacy (HLP) (criteria not met)
On 28 April 2017 was the pharmacy a Healthy Living Pharmacy (HLP) level 1 (self-assessment)?
No
What form of accreditation does the pharmacy have for its HLP status?
[Not Asked]
5. Digital - Summary Care Record (criteria met)
On 28 April 2017, was the pharmacy able to demonstrate a total increase in access to Summary Care Records in period 2 (Monday 28 November 2016 to Sunday 30 April 2017) compared to period 1 (Monday 27 June 2016 to Sunday 27 November 2016?
Yes
6. Digital - NHS 111 Directory of Services (DoS) (criteria met)
On 28 April 2017 was the pharmacy’s NHS111 Directory of Services entry up to date?
No, but the entry has been checked and a submission has been made to NHS 111 requesting updates to the DoS (this option meets this quality criterion)
7. Clinical effectiveness - asthma (criteria met)
On 28 April 2017 was the pharmacy able to show evidence that asthma patients were referred to an appropriate health care professional (HCP) for an asthma review?
Yes
8. Workforce - Dementia Friends (criteria met)
On 28 April 2017, were 80% of all pharmacy staff working in patient facing roles ‘Dementia Friends’?
Yes
A copy of this confirmation e-mail should be retained for reference purposes.
 
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