Undertaking the audit on emergency supplies is a contractual requirement. If a pharmacy does not undertake the audit it is a breach of their contractual responsibilities.
The aims of the audit are to understand
- the reasons behind patients requesting/requiring an emergency supply;
- the reasons why an emergency supply was not provided (where that was the case); and
- the patient’s subsequent course of action had an emergency supply not been provided.
All pharmacy contractors must undertake the audit in one of two defined two week periods:
From either
Monday 9 March to Sunday 22 March 2015 (inclusive)
Or
Monday 23 March to Sunday 5 April 2015 (inclusive)
The guidance that will explain what pharmacies need to do during the audit period and how to collate the data and submit it will be published shortly by NHS England!