ICB Costs, Performance and Shortage Resolution
Review medicine cost opportunities, follow shortage activity and coordinate support where local teams need it. GP practices and pharmacies communicate directly; treating teams retain clinical decisions.
The problem
- Repeated shortage queries create work across practice and pharmacy teams.
- A cheaper listed medicine may still be unobtainable or unsuitable for the person receiving treatment.
- Open reports, unanswered requests and recorded closures need clear scope before they can inform an ICB review.
Why it persists
- Telephone chasing can repeat the same question across several teams.
- A previous solution may be hard to find or based on availability that has changed.
- Activity counts and price differences do not by themselves establish time saved or reduced expenditure.
Impact
- Evaluate fewer repeat contacts and less coordination effort across both practice and pharmacy teams, including software and support time.
- Price differences remain opportunities until actual products, quantities, supply outcomes and expenditure support Finance review.
- A closed report does not establish dispensing or a better patient outcome. Missing observations remain unknown.
- Linked organisations are a reporting boundary, not evidence of pilot participation or whole-area coverage.
What the platform does
Open medicine cost comparisons, review the product and price basis, then confirm current supply and clinical suitability through the responsible teams.
Review open shortage reports, recorded closures and activity from linked GP practices and pharmacies, with the reporting period and coverage shown.
Use instant messages and tasks for agreed ICB support work. Prepare one enquiry for selected permitted recipients and follow each task and reply.
Review owners, overdue work and first useful response measures for tasks involving the active ICB organisation. Provider inboxes remain private.
Find recorded medicine options and their evidence status as a starting point for a fresh supply enquiry.
Support participation and review the effort of using Prosper. Pharmacy service notices remain an additional source of local support.
Operational KPIs and evaluation measures
- Recorded open reports, new reports and closures within the displayed scope
- First useful answer, unanswered work and response targets for the active organisation
- Combined practice and pharmacy staff minutes and repeat contacts, collected separately in an agreed evaluation
- Comparable medicine cost opportunities, with actual expenditure and Finance verification recorded separately
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Explore medicine enquiries, cost comparisons, recorded solutions and how to measure coordination effort and outcomes.
Contact: Partnerships — info@prosperhealthcare.co.uk