Website of the Department of Health

July 2008

Paragraph 3.11 on page 32 of the draft document has been amended and should now read

“3.11 The pharmacist undertaking the MUR will need to make a written record of the consultation on the form approved by the Secretary of State for Health for this purpose. A copy of the approved record form is at

• http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Healthcare/Medicinespharmacyandindustry/ Communitypharmacy/Communitypharmacycontractualframework/DH_081225

The patient should be provided with a copy of the record, and if a recommendation is made to the GP either the overview page of the approved form or the whole form should be sent to the GP.  If no recommendation is made the pharmacist should notify the patient’s GP within a month that the patient has received an MUR and provide a copy of the overview page or complete record form should the GP request this.  The record may be kept, sent and stored electronically.  The pharmacy should retain a copy of the record for such period as the Primary Care Trust may reasonably require. In the Directions, it states that it is up the Primary Care Trust to decide how long to keep MUR records. The Department recommends a minimum of two years should be sufficient."

• Download (Draft) Implementing the new Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework - Information for PCTs - Annexes A and C to F (PDF, 266K)

July 2008:

Paragraph 3.10 on page 21 of annexes A to C and F of the draft document has also been amended and should now read:

"3.10 A record of the Medicines Use Review should be made on the patient’s pharmacy record and on the nationally agreed recording template, and if a recommendation is made to the GP either the overview page of the approved form or the whole form should be sent to the GP.  If no recommendation is made the pharmacist should notify the patient’s GP within a month that the patient has received an MUR and provide a copy of the overview page or complete record form should the GP request this.  The record may be kept, sent and stored electronically.  The pharmacy should retain a copy of the record for such period as the Primary Care Trust may reasonably require. In the Directions, it states that it is up the Primary Care Trust to decide how long to keep MUR records. The Department recommends a minimum of two years should be sufficient.”

• Download (Draft) Annex B - Medicines Use Review form - NOT VALID FROM 30 SEPTEMBER 2008 (PDF, 94K)

July 2008:

This form has now been superseded by a new one which can be found at the page:

• Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework - Medicines Use Review Form (from December 2007 onwards)

• Download (Draft) Annex G - FP34 form (PDF, 15K)
• Download (Draft) Annex H - Schedule of payments (PDF, 24K)