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Awarded· 19 Nov 2024

Care At The Chemist (Minor Ailment Service) - Knowsley

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board · Warrington, North West

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has awarded Care At The Chemist (Minor Ailment Service) - Knowsley. It is a contract for other health and social care in Warrington.

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Source: Find a Tender, published 30 Apr 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2024

    Contract awarded

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 15:06

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About this tender

In brief

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has awarded Care At The Chemist (Minor Ailment Service) - Knowsley. It is a contract for other health and social care in Warrington. It was awarded on 19 November 2024.

It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 30 April 2025. The notice number is 018137-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-050a96.

Summary of the contracting process

The public procurement process for the "Care At The Chemist (Minor Ailment Service) - Knowsley" has been completed. The buying organisation involved in this contract is NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board. This contract, awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, does not fall under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

This contract, categorized under health services, commenced on 1st April 2025 and will expire on 31st March 2026. The service will be delivered across multiple pharmacies in Knowsley, part of the Cheshire and Merseyside region in the UK. This procurement followed a limited method, specifically via direct award, and the decision was approved on 19th November 2024.

The contract involves offering minor ailment services where pharmacists provide consultations instead of general practitioners for certain conditions. Small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as well as larger pharmacy chains, could potentially benefit from participating in such service contracts, expanding their scope and reach within the healthcare sector.

The notice in full

The Care at the Chemist scheme allows patients to consult a community pharmacist rather than a GP for a defined list of minor ailments.

The pharmacy will provide advice and support to people on the management of minor ailments from the agreed formulary, including where necessary, the supply of medicines for the treatment of the minor ailment, for those people who would have otherwise gone to their GP for a prescription.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has awarded a one year contract via Direct Award A to selected Knowsley Pharmacies across Cheshire and Merseyside. The contract commenced on 1st April 2025 and will expire on the 31st March 2026. The contract is 0 based and funding is dependent upon the activity delivered as per the service specification.

    Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provision of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.

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Key facts

Every field the notice carries. Anything it leaves blank is listed under its table.

Contract

Service
Other health and social care
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1
Number of suppliers
30

Procedure

Notice type
Award Notice
Procurement method
Limited
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Current stage
Award
Stages so far
Award
Published on
Find a Tender Service
Awardee scale
Large, SME

Values

Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.

Status

Tender
Complete
Lots
Cancelled
Awards
Active
Contracts
Active

References

Find a Tender notice
018137-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-050a96
CPV code
85100000 - Health services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board is based in Warrington. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Warrington
Town
Warrington
Postcode
WA1 1QY
Electoral ward
Bewsey and Whitecross
Constituency
Warrington South
Delivery area
East Merseyside
Region
North West
Sub-region
Warrington
Area
Cheshire
Country
England
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Buyer

Contracting authority

Organisation
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
Category
Services
Contact
Richard Hampson
Address
Warrington, WA1 1QY · North West · England

Not stated in the notice: phone.

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Documents and links

Official sources for this notice. The tender pack itself sits on the buyer's portal.
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Questions about Care At The Chemist (Minor Ailment Service) - Knowsley

Who won the Care At The Chemist (Minor Ailment Service) - Knowsley contract?

The award notice does not name the supplier. The full record is in the official notice linked on this page.

Who is the buyer for Care At The Chemist (Minor Ailment Service) - Knowsley?

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board, based in Warrington, North West. The named contact is Richard Hampson.

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