Quality and Service Development

Financial Framework · 2025-26

Global Sum

Supports the operation of a service for coeliac patients and the development of a safety culture across community pharmacy.

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Two Components

What Quality & Service Development Covers

Component 1

Gluten Free Food Service

Fixed monthly payment plus an activity payment from a funding pot for pharmacies signed up to provide the Gluten Free Foods Service (GFFS).

Component 2

Quality Improvement

A fixed monthly fee for contractors on the pharmaceutical list, supporting implementation, training and the NES Community Pharmacy Workforce Survey.

Component 1

Gluten Free Food Service (GFFS)

Every pharmacy that is signed up to provide the Gluten Free Foods Service (GFFS) to people referred by their GP or dietitian will receive payments made up of two elements — a fixed monthly fee and an activity-based payment.

Fixed Monthly Payment

£100

Per month for every pharmacy signed up to provide the GFFS.

Activity Payment Pot

~£500k

All GFFS contractors share from a fixed funding pot of around £500k each dispensing month.

Component 2

Quality Improvement

Fixed Monthly Fee

£280

Per month from 1 April 2025.

Contractors on the pharmaceutical list from 1 April 2025 are entitled to a fixed fee of £280 per month.

Activities from April 2025 onwards will support:

2025-26 Quality Improvement Activities

Implementation and training requirements for the enhancement of NHS Pharmacy First Scotland

Other contractual services and Public Health Services

Timely completion of the NES Community Pharmacy Workforce Survey 2025

Further activities to support Quality Improvement will be announced during the year under a separate circular, subject to any changes in policy priorities.