I've been alerted by the PSNC that South Tyneside PCT area is consistently amongst the lowest 10 PCT areas to complete NMS claims...
I've checked the NHS BSA website, which is in the public domain, and sure enough contractors in South Tyneside are simply not doing enough NMS - indeed only about 12 contractors a month are submitting any claim! I'm not sure why this is the case - as the LPC has constantly spoken about the need to engage with the service and even ran a survey to explore contractor opinions of it; which must have raised the profile! I can only assume that the claim mechanism, which has recently changed, dissuaded contractors from engagement with this important new clinical service?
Perhaps now that the banding structure has changed things might improve?? Let's hope so, because unless pharmacy ups its game with this service it might simply wither on the vine...
I've checked the NHS BSA website, which is in the public domain, and sure enough contractors in South Tyneside are simply not doing enough NMS - indeed only about 12 contractors a month are submitting any claim! I'm not sure why this is the case - as the LPC has constantly spoken about the need to engage with the service and even ran a survey to explore contractor opinions of it; which must have raised the profile! I can only assume that the claim mechanism, which has recently changed, dissuaded contractors from engagement with this important new clinical service?
Perhaps now that the banding structure has changed things might improve?? Let's hope so, because unless pharmacy ups its game with this service it might simply wither on the vine...
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