All Wales Pharmacy Database and Service Specifications

The All Wales Pharmacy Database (AWPD) was developed by NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership in conjunction with pharmacy contractors across Wales, Community Pharmacy Wales (CPW), the NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS), NHS Direct and Public Health Wales.

AWPD is a centralised definitive source of data on community pharmacies in Wales and the services and facilities they provide . It is used to: -

provide information to allow Health Boards to map pharmacy services and ensure equitable spread of healthcare provision
support electronic claims systems for community pharrmacy
provide accurate, up to date and consistent information on community pharmacy services to the public via links to NHS Direct
allow community pharmacy to review information held on their services

Direct access to the database is restricted to Health Board and Community Pharmacy staff. To request access please contact us - nwssp-primarycareservices@wales.nhs.uk

Community Pharmacies should submit any amendments to their information by email to nwssp-primarycareservices@wales.nhs.uk

Registered users can access the system using the following links: -

NHS Wales Intranet Version (for Health Board users and community pharmacies using N3 connected computers)
Internet Version

Please note that data is transferred to the internet version periodically and will not necessarily reflect recent changes. More information on the AWPD

Presgripsiwn Newydd: A New Prescription provides details of nationally directed services within the community pharmacy contractual framework. The Clinical Community Pharmacy Service (CCPS) and Pharmacist Independent Prescribing Service (PIPS) are the key nationally directed services and the required documentation for contractors are available here:

Service specifications for Clinical Community Pharmacy Service:

Pharmacy Independent Prescribing Service: Common Ailments and Contraception:

Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Service

Discharge Medicines Review Service:

FAQs

How do I contact you?

You can contact us by phone, email or post. Visit our Contact Us page for further information

Why have we moved to automated prescription processing?

Automated processing allows us to improve the accuracy of reimbursement to contractors by reducing the potential for human error. Our accuracy rate has improved from 99.15% to 99.54% since the introduction of automated processing.

It also improves our efficiency, making a significant contribution to: -

Our ability to continue to reimburse contractors in accordance with SLA timescales in the face of ever increasing prescription volumes
Our ability to release funds to be reinvested in front line NHS services. We process 47% more prescription items with 53% fewer staff since the inception of our automation programme.

Medicines Use Review & Prescription Interventions - what is the difference?

A number of queries have been raised by pharmacists regarding the differentiation between MURs and prescription intervention MURs. To clarify the matter Welsh Government has confirmed that there is only one service (i.e. the MUR service) but the service may be prompted in different ways.

Regular MURs can be prompted pro-actively by identification of a certain group of patients that subsequently lead to an invitation for a Medicines Use Review.

A prescription intervention MUR is more reactive, in the sense that it is the response to a significant adherence problem with a person's medication that subsequently leads to an MUR being conducted. This is distinct from pharmacists making clinical interventions on prescriptions (e.g. where an interaction is identified and there is a need to get a prescription amended) which are required by the terms of service for all pharmacy contractors.

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