Have you signed up to your Provider pays model? The deadline is the 28th of February.

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Have you signed up to your CPCS IT Provider pays model?
If you have not signed up and confirmed your choice of system by the 28th of February you will no longer be able to provide CPCS as of the 1st of April 2022. 

The national procurement of IT support for the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS), will cease at the end of March 2022. It is therefore vital that community pharmacy contractors that want to continue providing CPCS, confirm their choice of CPCS IT system by no later than 28th February 2022. Failure to do so could impact referrals and service continuity.

Action to take:

  • NHS 111 and GP CPCS NHS net-email referrals. Speak to your provider of choice

(i)- if this is a new provider, of your intention to move to them or

(ii) even if you wish to stay with your current IT provider e.g. PharmOutcomes you will still need to confirm this to them by the 28th February 2022.

  • GP CPCS referrals sent via EMIS Patient Access or PharmRefer systems (all surgeries in Surrey Heartlands and Sussex CCG’s use this). No actions to take – referrals will still be made into PharmOutcomes even if another provider is used for NHS 111 referrals. There is no charge to community pharmacy for using PharmOutcomes for GP referrals sent via EMIS or PharmRefer.

The link here takes you to the PSNC information on the different provider pays systems.