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COVID-19

• NCHA Position Statement – Good Clinical Practice Guidelines for Remote Self-administration Training of Patients in Clinical Homecare Services – 20/05/20
• NCHA Guidance for Decontamination of Clinical Equipment in Homecare Services during COVID 19 Pandemic – 29/04/20
• NCHA Guidance on Delivery Procedure Changes for Clinical and Medicines Homecare Services in response to Coronavirus (COVID-19) – updated 20/08/20
  Note: This guidance is active until 30th March 2024. After that date, some elements will remain in force until the relevant post-COVID guidance has been implemented e.g. Best Practice Guidance – Evidence of Service Delivery to Support Clinical and Medicines Homecare Invoices

GDPR

• NCHA Position Statement – Impact of the General Data Protection Regulation in Clinical and Medicines Homecare Services – 15/01/19
• NCHA Impact of the General Data Protection Regulation in Clinical and Medicines Homecare Services – Frequently Asked Questions – 15/01/19

Falsified Medicines Directive

• NCHA Position Statement – Implementation of Falsified Medicines Directive in Clinical Homecare – The Way Forward – 05/12/18
• NCHA Implementation of Falsified Medicines Directive in Clinical Homecare – Frequently Asked Questions – 05/12/18

General

• NCHA Position Statement – Supply of Emergency Medicines for Use in Clinical and Medicines Homecare Services – 10/07/23
• NCHA Position Statement – Impact of External and Internal Factors on Homecare Providers and Service Variations – 03/11/22
• NCHA Position Statement on the Reporting to CQC of the Death of a Homecare Patient – 03/12/21
• NCHA Position Statement on Training Requirements for Homecare Pharmacy Support Staff and homecare drivers – 30/12/20
• NHMC & NCHA Homecare Digital Strategy – 26/08/20
• Electronic Prescribing in Clinical Homecare – Current Status – 30/03/20
• Clinical governance of unlicensed medicines and off-label use of medicines in Homecare Services – 05/03/20
• Minimising the Impact of Pharmaceutical Price Changes on patients, service efficiency and cash flow in Clinical Homecare -09/10/19
• NCHA Position Statement – Patient Safety Reporting and Learning in Multi-organisation Services – 09/09/19
• The Status of NHS Prescription Charges in Clinical Homecare – 09/09/19
• Resolving the e-prescribing Interoperability Challenge in Clinical and Medicines Homecare Services for NHS patients – 09/09/19
• NCHA Position Statement – Implementation of the findings of the Hackett Report and Hackett compliance – 20/12/13

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NCHA Position Statements for Members – Only available to Members