Quality Payments - Updated guidance for existing HLPs
Written by admin on Monday 6th March 2017
Further guidance on HLP and what is required to meet the necessary criteria
Updated HLP Guidance for reference:
In order to meet this quality criterion, the pharmacy must on the day of the review be meeting the requirements of a level 1 HLP as defined by Public Health England (PHE)* or have been accredited as an HLP locally between 1 December 2014 and 28 April 2017. This may be demonstrated in one of the following ways:
- an entry in the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) online register** as a profession-led self-assessed HLP level 1 that has not been previously accredited; or
- a copy of the signed and dated documentation that demonstrates that between 1 December 2014 and 28 April 2017 the pharmacy was accredited as a HLP level 1 locally. Pharmacies that have been accredited between 1 December 2014 and 28 April 2017, do not need to go through the profession- led self-assessment process led by PHE to qualify for the quality payment and therefore do not need to register with the RSPH registry; or
- a copy of the signed and dated documentation that demonstrates that the pharmacy was accredited as a HLP level 1 prior to 1 December 2014 and that the contractor has completed the profession led self-assessment and are meeting the requirements of a level 1 HLP as defined by PHE* on the day of the review, without the pharmacy being listed on the RSPH registry.