Clinical Pharmacist Support · Preston, Lancashire
Clinical Pharmacist Support for GP Practices in Preston
Where kidney function shapes the prescribing, the checks have to be reliable. Preston records chronic kidney disease and raised blood pressure above the England average, and both constrain what can safely be prescribed. Our clinical pharmacists carry that monitoring workload remotely, inside your own clinical system.
The service is available to every practice and PCN in Preston, 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 Preston.
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Renal function, and the prescribing it governs
Preston’s practices are commissioned by NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB, which covers the city alongside Chorley, the Fylde coast, east Lancashire and the south Cumbrian towns.
Two registers here run above the England average: blood pressure and chronic kidney disease. The second is the one that changes how a prescribing team has to work, because impaired renal function limits doses and rules certain medicines out, so the checks have to happen before the issue rather than after it.
That is close, careful, repeatable work with clear protocols behind it. It is well suited to a pharmacist-led service with time set aside for it, and it is some of the most useful capacity a practice here can add.
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
Renal function and high risk drug monitoring, with recall and chasing carried through before the next issue is due.
High risk drug monitoringStructured medication reviews
Structured reviews where dose adjustment for kidney function is part of nearly every one.
Clinical medication reviewsLong term condition clinics
Remote hypertension, diabetes, asthma and COPD clinics run to your protocols.
Long term conditionsRepeat prescribing
Repeat authorisation worked to your protocols, with the monitoring position checked as part of it.
Repeat prescriptionsNot 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 Preston
These published figures provide context for medicines services. They describe registered practice populations, not all residents of Preston.
QOF 2024/25; indicator 219; 32 practices with data17.51% practice median England: 15.23%; difference: +2.28 percentage points
QOF 2024/25; indicator 258; 32 practices with data5.85% practice median England: 4.64%; difference: +1.21 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 agreed, with the monitoring protocols you want applied confirmed in writing. Access follows.
Weeks 3 to 6
First workstream live, most often the monitoring recalls and the reviews attached to them.
Weeks 7 to 12
Reporting on completion rates and what changed clinically, which is the basis for adding more.
The team is consistently reliable. Phones are always answered and emails come back the same day. It’s made a real difference to how we run our medication reviews.
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.
Can you handle dose adjustment for renal impairment?
Yes. Checking renal function before issue and adjusting to your protocols is routine work for a clinical pharmacist, and it is one of the clearest safety gains from having dedicated capacity for it.
Do you work to our protocols or yours?
Yours. We agree them at scoping and work to them; where you would like a suggestion, we will offer one, but the decision stays with your clinicians.
Can a whole PCN commission this together?
Yes. Scoping at network level usually means protocols agreed once and audits that run once for every practice.
How much does it cost?
Pricing follows the workstreams you hand over and the size of the list behind them. A short conversation gets you a tailored figure, with no obligation.
See what a managed service could take off your Preston 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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