Clinical Pharmacist Support · Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Clinical Pharmacist Support for GP Practices in Newcastle upon Tyne
The largest integrated care board in England by area, and capacity that reaches all of it. North East and North Cumbria commissions across a footprint that runs from the Tyne to the Solway. Our clinical pharmacists work remotely inside your own clinical system, so a city practice and a Northumberland one get the same workstream to the same standard.
The service is available to every practice and PCN in Newcastle upon Tyne, delivered remotely by our UK team inside your own clinical system. We manage cover and delivery to the scope, operating days and escalation arrangements agreed with your practice. We hold no premises in Newcastle upon Tyne.
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One commissioner, from the Tyne to the Solway
Newcastle’s practices are commissioned by NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB, the largest integrated care board in England by geography. It covers the Tyneside boroughs alongside Northumberland, County Durham, Teesside and north Cumbria.
Blood pressure registers across the city run significantly larger than the England average, which puts titration, recall and annual review at the centre of the medicines week. That is high-volume, protocol-driven work, and it is well suited to being run centrally to one standard.
The city is also a regional centre for specialist care, so the flow of discharge letters and clinic changes into practice records is steady and heavy. Reconciling those promptly keeps the record accurate for everything else that depends on it.
What you buy is a managed service: supervision, cover, indemnity and clinical governance are all held by us. That is the practical difference between this and recruiting for the work yourself, and it is why the workstream keeps running whoever is available in a given week.
What we take off your team
Each of these is a service in its own right. Take one, or take several together.
High risk drug monitoring
Medicine-specific monitoring, recall and follow-up, with overdue or concerning findings escalated under the agreed protocol.
High risk drug monitoringDischarge and clinical letters
Medicines changes in discharge and clinic letters reviewed, reconciled and actioned where appropriate within the agreed response times, with unresolved concerns escalated.
Discharge reconciliationStructured medication reviews
Structured medication reviews scheduled and completed, including the housebound and care home lists.
Clinical medication reviewsLong term condition clinics
Remote hypertension, diabetes, asthma and COPD clinics, reaching every practice in a network at once.
Long term conditionsNot sure where to start? Tell us which workstream you would most like handed over and we will scope it with you, with no obligation.
Get a free scoping callSelected practice-level QOF measures for Newcastle upon Tyne
These published figures provide context for medicines services. They describe registered practice populations, not all residents of Newcastle upon Tyne.
QOF 2024/25; indicator 219; 43 practices with data16.70% practice median England: 15.23%; difference: +1.47 percentage points
Source: OHID Fingertips, National General Practice Profiles, using NHS England QOF data. Practices are grouped by postal town extracted from the NHSBSA Prescriber Details address register and matched by ODS practice code. Each local figure is the unweighted median of the available practice percentages; for an even number of practices, the two middle values are averaged. The England figure is the published national prevalence value. Eligible age groups, periods and sample sizes are shown for each measure. The comparison is descriptive: it is not population-wide town prevalence, and no town-level statistical significance has been established. These practices are not a list of our clients.
What the first three months usually look like
Indicative, and shaped by what you hand over. Nothing here needs a change to how your practice already works.
Weeks 1 to 2
Scope and protocols agreed at network level where appropriate. System access follows.
Weeks 3 to 6
First workstream live across every site in scope simultaneously, usually monitoring or reviews.
Weeks 7 to 12
Reporting by practice and in aggregate, so a network spread across a wide area sees one comparable picture.
Fast email replies and clinical input whenever we need it. They picked up our medicines work seamlessly and delivered from day one.
Frequently asked questions
Do you have pharmacists based in this area?
Our pharmacists deliver the agreed service remotely from within the UK, working in your clinical system. The service does not require a clinician to be based locally.
Our network covers a wide area. Does that make delivery harder?
It makes remote delivery more useful. Nothing about the service depends on travel, so a practice an hour from the city gets the same weekly schedule as one in the centre.
Can a whole network commission this together?
Yes. Scoping at network level usually means protocols are agreed once and audits run once for every practice in scope.
Who holds the clinical governance?
We do, including supervision, CPD and indemnity for everyone delivering the work. Prescribing follows protocols agreed with your practice: our independent prescribers sign prescriptions within their competence, and anything outside it goes to the patient’s GP.
How quickly can you start?
Typically a few weeks, and most of that is agreeing scope and protocols. The technical setup is the quick part.
See what a managed service could take off your Newcastle upon Tyne practice
Tell us which workstream you would like covered first. You will get a straight view of what we can take on and what it would involve, with no obligation attached.
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