Core Hours Check Toolkit
Core hours check
We recommend you check your core and supplementary hours with your NHS commissioners as part of our ongoing funding campaign.
Clarifying your core hours will be helpful if you wish to consider removing supplementary hours and moving to core hours following the NPA’s ballot of members on actions to ease pressure on pharmacies, help their short-term sustainability and protect services for the longer term. Even if you are not ready to cut hours yet, it is helpful to write to the NHS to remind them of all the supplementary hours that are at risk of being lost due to chronic under-funding.
It’s a quick and useful exercise in any event to help you plan your future services. Follow the guidance below to check your hours.
How to get a core hours check.
- Find the email of your NHS Commissioner.
In England: You will probably have emails from the local contract team to which you can reply direct. But you can find your local contract team here: NHS England » Pharmacy contract teams
- Use our template to request confirmation of your core and supplementary hours (see below)
By submitting the form below an email will be sent to england.lon-pharmacy@nhs.net with the following information