Assura Pharmacy provides integrated pharmacy services working closely with GP practices and primary care organisations to meet the health needs of the patient community.
Working closely together
Assura Pharmacy was established in direct response to the Government’s ‘A Vision for Pharmacy in the new NHS’ and the supporting changes in the Pharmaceutical Regulations.
Our strategy is to support the development of integrated pharmacy in our existing premises and in our new developments and we are on target to open at least 20 integrated pharmacies by the end of 2007.
We have a significant pipeline of new licence applications at various stages of approval and are also expanding through licence applications into independently owned health centres and the acquisition of pharmacy businesses for relocation into primary care premises.
Greater cooperation
There are commercial advantages to the integrated pharmacy operating model through, for example, the development of enhanced pharmacy services in local communities.
With greater cooperation between Health Professionals and Pharmacists, services can be tailored to the specific needs of the locality. This is facilitated by the new pharmacy contract and is in line with the Government’s vision for pharmacy in the new NHS.
