Pharmaceutical Clinical Effectiveness Programme
The Department’s Pharmaceutical Clinical Effectiveness (PCE) Programme
was initiated in April 2005. This programme is based on the fundamental principle that to deliver better
quality services for patients will not only improve efficiency in the delivery of Health and Social
Care Services but also yield value for money in relation to medicines management by March 2008.
The Programme comprises eight integrated work strands embracing prescribing,
governance and procurement across both the primary and secondary care sectors. These projects are:
- Generic Prescribing and Generic Substitution
- Repeat Dispensing
- Minor Ailments
- Medicines Governance in Primary Care
- Clinical Procurement
- 28 Day Dispensing
- Integrated Medicines Management
- Pharmaceutical Clinical Technology
Information on developments concerning the new community pharmacy contract
and any other related developments such as minor ailments can be found by accessing the link below:
