ACTION REQUIRED: Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework (CPAF) – arrangements for 2019-20

Written by admin on Friday 24th May 2019

The CPAF screening questionnaire will be available for completion between Monday 3rd June 2019 and Sunday 30th June 2019. For full information please read on...


The process asks all NHS community pharmacy contractors to complete a short screening questionnaire consisting of 10 active questions which should be answered.

NHS England will then select a small number of pharmacies for a monitoring visit and/or to complete the full CPAF questionnaire. To learn more about the process, PSNC has provide the following information: ow.ly/93R950uga9s


NHS England - South (Wessex) issued the full CPAF process details directly to all community pharmacy contractors in the following attached letter below from Karen Denham. The letter contains links to an advanced view of the screening questionnaire, a copy of the full CPAF to view and details of the date that NHSBSA will provide instructions on how to access & complete the questionnaire.

NHS England have also produced a CPAF Process document that clearly shows the timeline dates for activity required, which we recommend you use to chart your progress towards successful submission.