To support contractors GMLPC is publishing weekly communication every Monday to help support contractors achieve this year’s PQS. The GMLPC - PQS schedule has been designed to help contractors achieve payment on 1st October by completing all of the requirements by 5th September. We will be breaking down the 14 required steps of part 1, into manageable activities and provide relevant supporting resources.
This schedule has been created as guidance only, contractors have until the 29th January 2021 to complete all requirements. Please feel free to manage your own schedule as you see fit. However, We would encourage contractors and pharmacy teams to complete Part 1 of the PQS as soon as possible to ensure you can plan your workload for the upcoming flu season and subsequent release of information relating to part 2 of the PQS.
For contractors who wish to create their own schedule, GMLPC has complied guidance and resources for each of the 14 required steps of part 1. This resource can be accessed through the GMLPC website along with other useful information and resources here.
Alternatively, PSNC have also released a checklist, available here, to help you track your progress. Further details available here.
Claims via MYS can be made between 14th July 2020 and 23:59 on 29th January 2021.
Any residual funding not paid to contractors within the Part 1 scheme will be distributed as part of payments in the Part 2 2020/21 scheme. Payments will be made by the NHSBSA as soon as possible after a claim has been submitted, with, for example, any claims submitted by 5th August 2020 being paid on 1st September 2020.
Any claims submitted by 5th August 2020 will be paid to contractors on 1st September 2020. Contractors submitting after 5th August 2020 will be paid in line with the payment schedule below:
 Please note the following points:1.You have to claim for completion of the whole checklist – there is no payment for completing part of it
2.Part 1 of PQS will be funded with £18.75m so each contractor that completes it will receive £1630
3. Details of Part 2 of PQS are expected to be published soon (likely to start in October 2020) and will be funded with £56.25m.
4.THE COMPLETION OF PART 1 PQS IS A GATEWAY REQUIREMENT TO PART 2 PQS
Criterion 3: Display Information
3a) The contractor has appropriate and up to date COVID-19 posters, warnings and information displayed so they are visible at entry points to the pharmacy premises.
In order to achieve this criterion, contractors may consider taking photographs of current posters published by Public Health England and other relevant sources on display at entry points to their pharmacy.
To assist with this, PSNC has compiled a list of up to date posters and other materials from a range of relevant sources. Contractors can use this page to locate key materials referring social distancing and the use of PPE to print and display on their premises.
GMLPC have also produced a range of posters for display. These can be found within the GMLPC Resources for Contractors section of our COVID resources page.
Additional materials and resources have also been published by Public Health England available here
3b) For Distance Selling Pharmacies, there are appropriate and up to date COVID19 warnings and information displayed prominently on their website.
In order for Distance Selling Pharmacies to achieve this criterion they should download and publish any relevant resources from the NHS Resources Hub onto their website.
Contractors should consider saving screenshots of their website pages on which these posters and information are displayed prominently for visitors. The resources displayed to patients may include the following key information:
- Don’t enter your local pharmacy if you or anyone you live with has coronavirus symptoms;
- There’s no need to order extra medicines
Criterion 6: Hygiene
6a) The contractor has available facilities and resources (e.g. alcohol handrub) to support staff to conduct hand hygiene procedures frequently, to reduce the transmission risk of SARS-CoV-2 and support infection control.
In order to achieve this criterion, contractors should have sufficient hand sanitiser or hand-rub available to ensure that all staff are able to frequently wash their hands. To evidence this you may wish to take photographs of where hand sanitisers are positioned within the pharmacy.
6b) The contractor has posters displayed in relevant areas to promote best hand hygiene practice. Example shown here
To achieve this criterion contractors should clearly display posters within the pharmacy which promote good hand hygiene and provide guidance to staff and patients about how to thoroughly wash their hands.
Current guidance advises that you should wash your hands for 15-20 seconds to ensure they are washed thoroughly.
Public Health England have published a poster detailing the step by step process for washing hands. You may wish to display this in your pharmacy.
Contractors may wish to take photographs of this and other relevant posters on display in relevant areas, to evidence that they have met this criterion.
6c) The contractor has posters displayed in relevant areas to promote best practice use of handrub. Example shown here
To achieve this criterion contractors should clearly display posters within the pharmacy which promote best practice in relation to using handrub or sanitiser to wash hands.
Public Health England has published a poster containing instructions on how handrub should be used.
Contractors may wish to take photographs of this and other relevant posters on display in relevant areas such as alongside sanitiser, to evidence that they have met this criterion.
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