Quality standard
Quality statements
Quality statements
Statement 1 People who have a long-term health condition or those who look for support to improve their health and wellbeing are offered advice and education when they use community pharmacy services.
Statement 2 Community pharmacies and commissioners work together to raise awareness of the health and wellbeing expertise and services available from community pharmacy teams.
Statement 3 Community pharmacies and commissioners work together to integrate community pharmacy services into care and referral pathways.
Statement 4 Community pharmacies and commissioners work together to agree health and wellbeing interventions to support people from underserved groups.
NICE has developed guidance and a quality standard on people's experiences using adult social care services, adult NHS services and adult mental health services (see the NICE Pathways on people's experience in social care services, patient experience in adult NHS services and service user experience in adult mental health services).
Other quality standards that should be considered when commissioning or providing community pharmacy services include:
A full list of NICE quality standards is available from the quality standards topic library.