East Area Team

East of England Community Pharmacy Team

Following the delegation of the Community Pharmacy Contract to ICBs , the Regional Pharmacy Contracting Team is now hosted by the Herts and West Essex ICB , providing support across all regional ICBs. The geographical East of England footprint for the region incorporates Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Essex, Hertfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes, Norfolk and Suffolk.
The single point of contact for all enquiries is hweicbhv.pharmacy@nhs.net. This their preferred method of communication which is continually monitor the inbox during office hours.The regional team can help with: –

  • Pharmaceutical Services Regulations Committee
  • Applications for inclusion in or amendments to the pharmaceutical list (via Primary Care Support England (PCSE)
  • Maintain the Pharmaceutical list for East of England
  • Unscheduled closures
  • Issues with the waste contractual arrangements
  • Annual complaints return
  • Pharmaceutical pre-registration trainee applications
  • Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework (CPAF)
  • Medicines use Review (MUR) and New Medicines Service (NMS) administration
  • Christmas and Easter Rotas
  • NHS mail applications

Please use the generic email address in the first instance so that we can respond in a timely and effective way.

The Senior Pharmacy Contracts Manager is Jackie Bidgood.