Community pharmacy strategy for Devon

Community pharmacy strategy for Devon

Community pharmacy makes up one of the four pillars of the primary care system in England, along with general practice, optical services and dentistry. It is arguably most well-known as a dispenser and retailer of medicines, but its role is in fact much broader and includes other NHS and publicly funded services.

Community pharmacies can be found in many high street locations, in supermarkets or attached to doctors’ surgeries. There are also a range of online community pharmacies.

There has been a great deal of change in community pharmacies, the services they provide and how they are funded. In Devon we currently have 202 community pharmacies.

NHS Devon is now responsible for the commissioning of community pharmacy services and to best serve the Devon population, we are in the process of writing a community pharmacy strategy.

To help understand how pharmacies are used now and what we need for the future, we would appreciate if you could complete this survey.

If you need help to complete this survey or would like to request another format, please contact [email protected].

If you wish to know more about community pharmacies and the work that we are doing, please visit the NHS Devon Community Pharmacy webpage.

Thank you for your valuable feedback.

NHS Devon