Request

‘1. Please specify how many community pharmacies in England have signed up to the hypertension case-finding service since it went live in October 2021? 2. Many thanks in advance Please specify how many ABPM interventions community pharmacies have claimed for since the service launched? And 3. if possible, a breakdown of the number of ABPM interventions per pharmacy since the service launched.’

Response

Question 1

There are 4,221 actively registered for the service as of 28 January 2022.

Question 2

There have been 541 Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM) interventions claimed by community pharmacies since the service launched in October 2021 as of 28 January 2022.

Question 3

A breakdown of the number of ABPM interventions claimed per pharmacy since the service launched as of 28 January 2022 is attached.

Data Source – Manage Your Service - MYS

Information on the NHS Community Pharmacy Hypertension Case-Finding Advanced Service can be found in Part VIC of the Drug Tariff:

https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pharmacies-gp-practices-and-appliance-contractors/drug-tariff

Data is based on England Community Pharmacies.

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