Have Your Say: Hub and Spoke Dispensing Consultation from DHSC
Written by AlisonFreemantle on Monday 21st March 2022
Respond by Wednesday 8th June
The consultation on Hub and Spoke Dispensing is seeking the views of the community pharmacy sector on key areas, including patient safety, governance, transparency, and accountability, and includes proposals on two different models of hub and spoke dispensing.
The Government has previously committed to pursuing legislative change to enable community pharmacies to benefit from hub and spoke dispensing models to support pharmacy efficiency savings and release capacity for pharmacists and their teams for tasks other than dispensing.
This consultation seeks views and comments on proposals which will make changes to legislation to facilitate the use of hub and spoke dispensing between pharmacies of different legal entities. It includes proposals on 2 different models of hub and spoke dispensing:
- Model 1, where the medicines are returned assembled from the hub to the spoke pharmacy before supply to the patient
- Model 2, where the hub pharmacy supplies medicines directly to the patient
These proposals will also enable dispensing doctors (GPs who also dispense medicines and who generally serve remote or rural areas) to access hub pharmacies.
For more information and the consultation documents:
To respond to the consultation: