Manchester services
In the event that your pharmacy needs to suspend the delivery of locally commissioned services due to closures (either planned, unplanned or partial closures) contractors are responsible for notifying the commissioner.
Manchester Locally Commissioned Services:
Sexual Health Services
Emergency Hormone Contraception (EHC)
| Service Specification -01/04/2022 – 31/03/2024
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Preventing STIs and unplanned pregnancies are still important during lockdown – Click here FSRH advice for women seeking contraception, abortion and other sexual and reproductive healthcare during the COVID-19 epidemic – Click here Sexual Health Services Manchester – 20 july
Levonorgestrel PGD – 01/03/2023 – 01/09/2025 Ulipristal PGD – 01/03/2023 – 01/09/2025 The above PGDs have been approved and authorised for use and replace previous versions which have now expired. These PGDs have been adapted from the nationally approved PGD templates and now include circumstances where off label use may be appropriate. The PharmOutcomes module has been updated so that it is aligned to these latest PGDs and therefore contractors can deliver the service. |
Key Contact (TBC)
Chlamydia + Gonorrhoea Test and Treatment
| Please note; the commissioner has confirmed that this service is no longer active following the termination of RUclear in March 2020.
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Supporting Documents
Please note: RU Clear STI screening service has now ceased with immediate effect. Please see supporting document below. |
Key Contact
Richard Scarborough Commissioning Manager Manchester Population Health Team Manchester Health and Care Commissioning – www.manchester.gov.uk / www.mhcc.nhs.uk Manchester City Council, PO Box 532, Town Hall, Manchester, M60 2LA
Mobile: 07966 229600
Email: richard.scarborough@manchester.gov.uk
Substance Misuse Services
Supervised Consumption
| Service Specification-01/04/2021-31/03/2022
OSA Specification – 01/04/2023 – 31/03/2024
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COVID-19 Updates
MAT letter for Commissioners 19.03.20 The LPC has confirmed the back payment for Supervised Consumption fees with the commissioner and is awaiting the official documentation Update: Population Health will be making the final supplier relief payments to pharmacies for supervised consumption in mid- October. These payments will be for September. In total, pharmacies that recorded activity in February will have received relief payments for April through to September. From October on, all pharmacies will be paid for supervised consumption based on activity |
Key Contact
Eunice Mannion Contracts Officer, Population Health & Wellbeing Manchester Health and Care Commissioning – Manchester City Council | PO BOX 532 | Town Hall | Manchester | M60 2LA
Mobile: 07932018994
Telephone: 0161 219 6585
Email: e.mannion@manchester.gov.uk
Naloxone Distribution
Needle and Syringe Exchange & Sharps Waste Collection
| Service Specification – 01/04/2023 – 31/03/2024
Sharps Waste Specification – 01/04/2023 – 31/03/2024 DSW Pharmacies 2022/23
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Key Contact
Eunice Mannion Contracts Officer, Population Health & Wellbeing Manchester Health and Care Commissioning – Manchester City Council | PO BOX 532 | Town Hall | Manchester | M60 2LA
Mobile: 07932018994
Telephone: 0161 219 6585
Email: e.mannion@manchester.gov.uk
Alcohol Services
Stop Smoking Services
Smoking Cessation
Currently not commissioned in this locality
NRT Voucher Scheme
Currently not commissioned in this locality
Champix PGD
Currently not commissioned in this locality
End of Life Services
Palliative Care Stock Holding
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Key Contact;
NHS GM (NHS Greater Manchester ICB) Non-core Primary Care Contacting Team
Email: gmss.gmicb.contracting-primarycare@nhs.net
Out of Hours
Please refer to the Palliative Care service specification for details on out of hours
Minor Ailments Services
GM Scheme
| Service Specification– 31/03/2023 – 31/03/2024
Key Contact Diane Murphy NHSE/I Email: england.gmtop@nhs.net |
Supporting Documents
GM MAS Formulary Update – February 2023 GM MAS Patient eligibility to access the service Formulary Branded – Generic products Commissioning Statement for all GM CCGs -01/09/2019 Minor-Ailments consultation form -22/10/2020 GM MAS PharmOutcomes Module Overview -11/09/2020
Visit our main GM Minor Ailments Scheme page for more information and resources
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Local Scheme
Eye Condition Services
Covid-19 Urgent Eyecare Service (CUES)
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CUES Service Summary One Pager CUES Practice list Manchester September 2020 PE UES Poster AW 1b practice poster PE UES Poster AW 2b practice poster Urgent Eyecare Service Leaflet During the COVID-19 pandemic, the CUES (COVID-19 Urgent Eye Care Service) was launched to support the pandemic. This service now supersedes the Minor Eye Condition Service (MECS) The CUES is an extended version of the MECS service which allows remote consultation and uses IT capability to provide a digital service. In some areas, an Independent prescriber may be used to prescribe medicines for the patient. For further details please refer to the service summary, available here Where a medicine is required, Pharmacies will directly be supplying or selling (where appropriate), “Pharmacy only” (P) medicines and General Sales List (GSL) medicines, and the following POMs: chloramphenicol, cyclopentolate hydrochloride, fusidic acid and tropicamide. In these new CUES areas, patients will be provided with a private written order for purchase items over the counter or access the Minor Ailment Service (MAS) in areas where the MAS is commissioned. For further information click here |
Minor Eye Conditions NHS Community Dispensing Service (MECS)
Healthy Start Vitamins
| Service Specification
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Supporting Documents |
Key Contact
Ruth Helen Commissioning Manager (Public Health) Population Health and Wellbeing Commissioning Team Manchester Health and Care Commissioning
Telephone: 0161 234 4478
(MCC internal 800 34478)
Mobile: 07960 728409
Email: r.helen@manchester.gov.uk
