Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS)

The Scheme:

CPSC strongly encourages contractors to read all of the NHS England guidance documents to ensure they are fully briefed on the Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS). This guidance can be found in the drop down box below.

Updates:

Deatils Announced

• CPSC Summary document - all the links to training & supporting documents in one place
  • Summary document
  • Training and supporting documents website addresses and links
• Details of the 21/22 PQS have been published by NHSBSA and can be found here
• Points allocation details can be found in the drop down list below

Below, we have produced referenced indexes for all other important PQS related information, documents and resources that we have uploaded into various CPSC news articles published:

- The indexes are automatically created in date order (newest at the top)

Further documents, detailed information and resources can be found on the following PSNC website hub page, with recommended PQS related actions required to achieve successful completion:

• Pharmacy Quality Scheme - PSNC website hub page

Historical information

2020-2021

2019 - 2020

PQS AUDITS 2019-2020

* NSAID audit now available (07/11/2019)

To achieve the PQS bundle payment you must complete the following:

• Diabetes (4 months)
• Valproate (3 months)
• NSAID (1 month)
• Lithium* (3 months) - *Only complete one of either Methotrexate, Amiodarone OR Phenolbarbital audits if you have no lithium patients - audit documents are provided above

Historical Information

Prior to 2019