Expression of Interest for Service Users and Carers to join the Pharmacy Personal & Public Advisory Group

Overview

The Strategic Planning and Performance Group (SPPG, formerly Health and Social Care Board) are responsible for working with over 500 community pharmacies throughout Northern Ireland.

Pharmacies offer a range of services including dispensing and supply of medicines, vaccinations and offer advice and treatment on everyday health conditions and lifestyle risk factors that contribute to ill health.

The Strategic Planning & Performance Group (SPPG) established a Pharmacy Personal & Public Advisory Group in June 2024 to provide input and advice on the development of safe and efficient pharmacy and medicines services.

The Pharmacy Personal & Public Advisory Group work in partnership with SPPG pharmacy team and other health care professionals and other health care professionals to advise on changes to existing services and development of new services, focusing on safety and quality. 

As a member of the Pharmacy Personal & Public Advisory Group you will have an opportunity to inform and shape our work and to share your experience of using pharmacy services. 

Expressions of Interest are now being sought for service users and carers to join the Pharmacy Personal & Public Advisory Group

Why your views matter

We are asking people who are service users and carers to join the Pharmacy Personal & Public Advisory Group and have their voice heard.

The Pharmacy Personal & Public Advisory Group aim to:

• Improve the experience for people who use pharmacy services and ensure the safe use of medicines and;

• Help the SPPG pharmacy team understand how to provide better pharmaceutical services and safer use of medicines

"Our regional community pharmacy service user group has been an excellent example of good meaningful practice whereby our have heard, valued and impactful! Seeing tangible actions coming from our lived experience voice for e.g. feeding back on some pr material on inhalers and diabetes and even more significant seeing community pharmacists getting training into signposting carers! I look forward to seeing what else we can achieve." Service User, Pharmacy Personal & Public Advisory Group