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It’s time to take                                     This can be transferred across a variety
                                                                    of the conditions you offer and is a good
              matters into                                          opportunity to highlight other services.
                                                                    Consider speaking with local care homes,
              our own hands                                         gyms, and other private healthcare
                                                                    establishments to form a partnership for
                                                                    promotion.
              Whilst the figures may look a little bleak,           Make it easy to book
              and pharmacy teams are certainly feeling
              the pressure with the increasing number               Simplicity to access and book the
              of consultations, there is still work that            service, will have a huge impact on
              can be done, with minimal effort to drive             driving patients to your pharmacy.
              engagement in the service and further                 Capturing an audience is now in
              patient interaction.                                  huge competition with web search
              Focus on condition                                    being fundamental in the decision
                                                                    of which business to choose.
              Much of the campaign work and marketing               We’ve recently partnered with
              that has been created to support the role             EBY to provide our members
              out of the pharmacy first service has been            with customisable, search engine
              generalised, offering an overview of the seven        optimised website templates,
              conditions.                                           including all the features to
              It might be time to start looking at alternative  create a professional, user friendly
              routes to interact with and engage with               website.
              patients, providing a specific, deeper dive           Our web templates seamlessly
              into the conditions available through the             integrate with HasHealth Service
              Pharmacy First pathway.                               Booking Platform, allowing your patients
              To support our members in this area, we’re            to easily go online, view your available
              taking a more focused approach, looking at            services and book online, opening up
              the opportunity within each clinical condition,  opportunities to drive more patients in for
              helping you to understand:                            both your private services and NHS services,
              •  The clinical pathways                              including pharmacy first.
                                                                    We’ve written a full overview of the new
              •  Alternative support available to patients if       offer on pages 36-39!  Don’t miss out on the
                  they don’t meet the criteria
                                                                    opportunity.
              •  Seasonal drive and impact                          Numark are here to support

              Take a look at our Otitis Media summary               our members
              overleaf, as we look at the upcoming back
              to school season and ways to communicate              We want all of our members to successfully
              with local communities about the condition            deliver the Pharmacy First service, not only
              and the service pharmacy can provide.                 to better care for their communities but to
              Get the word out to your local                        also ensure that they are taking advantage
                                                                    of the funding associated with delivering the
              communities                                           service.

              Don’t rely on referrals. You can drive                On NumarkNet, we have a dedicated hub
              significant impact through basic interaction          page with everything you need, including
              with your local communities and make them             downloadable resources and guidance, as
              aware of the services you’re offering.                well as training, marketing materials and
              Consider local marketing facilities and               discounts on medical equipment. Access all
              making your services known. In our otitis             of this support at
              media piece, we look at the opportunity of            numarknet.com/pharmacyfirst
              contacting local schools and nurseries about
              the condition and service available.






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