The law in relation to the commissioning of pharmaceutical services and the prescribing, supply and administration of medicines is wide-ranging and complex. Our specialist team advises on all pharmaceutical and medicines management related issues arising in the context of NHS or independent health care services. Our areas of specialism include:
- Advising on the NHS (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2005 and all related legislation and guidance with regard to matters such as control of entry, pharmacist terms of service, and the regulation of pharmacists
- Representing NHS primary care organisations in proceedings before the Family Health Services Appeal Unit arising from the 2005 Regulations
- Advising on fitness to practise concerns
- Assisting with the drafting of pharmaceutical needs assessments
- Advising on public consultation obligations with regard to the commissioning of pharmaceutical services
- Advising on the commissioning of advanced and enhanced services
- Advising on the development of local pharmaceutical services and drafting associated contracts
- Advising on the provisions of the Medicines Act 1968 and associated medicines legislation, including advising on all issues relating to the supply, prescribing and administration of medication
- Assisting with the drafting of policies and procedures for the storage, management and use of generic and specific drugs
- Advising on research and clinical trials, and associated contracts
- Providing advice and support on the funding
of drugs and on determining individual funding
applications’
Key contacts
Partner
Emma Stockwell (née Di Giacomo)
- Telephone
- +44 (0)151 600 8173
- emma.stockwell@hilldickinson.com
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Hill Dickinson LLP has a large NHS client base with over 80
clients in the North West region and elsewhere. The team has also
been appointed to all ten lots on the North West NHS Collaborative
Procurement Hub. Practice head Allan Mowat is ‘experienced, wise,
sensible and pragmatic’.
This
firm's practice has a national range, but it is especially
identified as a player in the North West and West Midlands. It is
one of only two firms to have been appointed to all ten lots of the
North West NHS Commercial Agency, which is testament to both great
breadth of expertise and deep capacity. The team was recently
sought out by NHS West Midlands to advise on the Mid Staffordshire
inquiry.
