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Local Pharmaceutical Services - guidance notes

  • Document type:
    Guidance
  • Author:
    Department of Health
  • Published date:
    10 March 2008
  • Publication format:
    A4:Electronic only
  • Gateway reference:
    8808
  • Pages:
    45
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown

LPS Permanence allows PCTs to enter into LPS contracts without requiring prior approval of the Secretary of State for Health and provides PCTs with flexibility to make LPS arrangements in response to local needs within timetables of their own choosing.  This guidance document provides information on aspects of LPS and the commissioning process and may be of use to those PCTs that wish to use LPS.

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