Patient Group Direction (PGD) courses

Patient Group Directions (PGDs) enable pharmacists to provide medicines and vaccines privately to support a wide range of patient groups and conditions. The NPA offers vaccination training and PGDs through our partnerships at very competitive rates on an extensive range of flu, travel, vaccination and non-vaccination/clinical (formerly oral/topical) PGDs.

PGDs enable pharmacists to supply and administer specified medicines to pre-defined groups of patients without a prescription as part of service delivery eg private flu vaccination.

Benefits to your business from offering services:

  • Increases your footfall and your revenue streams
  • Drives repeat demand
  • Provides the pharmacist with additional skill-set
  • Improves the visibility of your business in the local community profile
  • Develops your potential market

Services are good for your patients and customers as:

  • Community pharmacies are highly accessible
  • They have the assurance of being offered advice, medication and/or vaccination by a trained, accredited and trusted front-line healthcare professional
  • Your service is convenient
  • You may offer out-of-hours access due to extended opening hours

Meningitis B

Statistics show that teenagers and new university students are at a significantly higher risk than older members of the population of contracting the potentially life-threatening meningococcal B infection.

Media coverage of cases in recent years has raised awareness of the threat the disease poses but, whilst babies are routinely vaccinated against meningococcal B on the NHS, teenagers and university students are currently not eligible to receive the vaccine for free.

By running a private meningitis B vaccination service you can help protect customers at risk.

Strep A

Sore throats are a common ailment, especially in winter. People concerned that they may have contracted a throat infection already turn to pharmacies for over the counter remedies but pharmacies can help patients further by running a test 'n treat service. Trained pharmacists can confirm a patient's strep A diagnosis using a rapid test kit (also available via Pharmadoctor), then dispense appropriate treatment depending on the test result.

Pneumococcal

Although more prevalent in winter months, pneumococcal infections can strike people of any age, at any time.

Pneumococcal vaccination is not always available to patients via the NHS or those eligible might not have time to book a GP appointment so a convenient private service is always of benefit.

Travel health

There are 42 million trips abroad each year where the traveller doesn't seek travel health advice. An increasing number of pharmacies are setting up travel clinics to help change this trend.

Established and operational in over 1,000 UK pharmacies since 2015, the Pharmadoctor Travel Health Clinic Package is proven to be a key asset for pharmacies looking to set up a new travel health service or enhance the service they are already offering.

Minor ailments

By signing up to the Pharmadoctor Minor Ailments Clinic Package you'll be able to help those looking to reduce the amount of alcohol they drink, to treat patients suffering from common conditions like migraine and weight management as well as a range of other health complaints such as acid reflux, irritable bowel syndrome and many more.

Men’s health

By signing up to the Pharmadoctor Men's Health Clinic Package you'll be in a position to treat male patients suffering from common conditions like hair loss and erectile dysfunction as well as conduct broader consultations for a range of male health concerns.

Migraine

With debilitating symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and increased sensitivity to light or sound, migraine is a common health condition, affecting around one in every five women and around one in every 15 men in the UK.

Patients regularly turn to pharmacies for means of easing their symptoms so it is a perfect setting for a comprehensive migraine prevention and treatment clinical service.

Pick 'n' mix Clinic

While we have grouped together a number of our service packages to create specific clinics, we recognise that it is also important to give pharmacists the option of tailoring their offering to the needs of their patients.

The Pharmadoctor Pick 'n' Mix Clinic Package represents an economic way of allowing pharmacies to offer their patients multiple services which are not necessarily all within the same area of healthcare. The pharmacy becomes a unique clinic, catering directly to the specific needs of its community.

Seasonal health

By signing up to the Pharmadoctor Seasonal Health Clinic Package you'll be able to help your patients stave off all manner of conditions, from colds and flu in the depths of winter through to hay fever relief in pollen season.