Core Prescribing Solutions

Core Prescribing Solutions Core Prescribing Solutions (CPS) is a dynamic healthcare organization providing tailor-made primary

Core Prescribing Solutions is a dynamic healthcare organisation that has amassed over 20 years worth of combined experience within the NHS, primary care, health informatics and pharmacy sector. Core Prescribing Solutions provides tailor-made primary care packages through a fully managed pharmacist or technician-led model suited to the needs of GP practices and clients in order to reduce workload pressures and streamlining inefficiencies.

23/01/2026

Strong practices don’t wait for incidents to improve governance.

They build it into everyday work and give risk a clear home.

That’s when governance stops being reactive
and starts protecting patients, clinicians, and practices.

💬 What governance change has made the biggest difference in your practice?

22/01/2026

Clinical governance isn’t paperwork.
It’s protection for patients, clinicians, and practices.

When clinical governance is embedded in day-to-day work:
• Ownership is clear
• Monitoring is proactive
• Prescribing risk is surfaced early

This is where clinical pharmacists add real value, translating governance frameworks into safe, defensible prescribing in primary care.

🔗 Read more about clinical governance in primary care:
https://bit.ly/3Nz8jUW

21/01/2026

ARRS funding doesn’t fail PCNs.
Delivery models do.

Most ARRS challenges aren’t about eligibility or budgets.
They’re about how roles are actually deployed, supported, and governed day to day.

When delivery isn’t clear:
• Skilled clinicians end up doing the wrong work
• Management burden increases instead of reducing
• Outcomes vary across practices
• Risk quietly builds

ARRS works best when it’s part of a clear, well-supported clinical pharmacy model, not when it’s treated as a headcount exercise.

If you’re reviewing how your ARRS roles are delivered and supported, you can read more about our ARRS support model here:
🔗 https://bit.ly/49pM6l3

21/01/2026

Repeat requests don’t just increase volume. They create pressure elsewhere.

This isn’t about blame.
It’s about understanding where systems feel strain first.

When repeat requests escalate, what feels the impact first?

Poll options
• ⏱️ Turnaround times
• ⚠️ Medicines safety checks
• 📞 Patient complaints
• 🩺 Clinical workload

👇 let us know in the comments.

20/01/2026

We’ve been re-accredited with Cyber Essentials Plus.🔒

This means our systems have again met the UK Government’s highest Cyber Essentials standard, independently tested and verified.

For our clients, this matters because:
• Patient and practice data is protected to a recognised national standard
• Security controls are actively tested, not just self-declared
• You can be confident your data is handled safely and responsibly

In primary care, good governance doesn’t stop at clinical delivery.
It includes how data is protected, accessed, and managed.

If you’re reviewing suppliers or want reassurance about how your data is protected, we’re always happy to talk.

https://bit.ly/3LVPlHA

20/01/2026

Prescribing risk rarely looks dramatic, until it does.

It builds quietly:
• Repeat prescriptions that grow unchecked
• High-risk medicines that drift
• Polypharmacy without clear ownership

Risk doesn’t come from poor clinicians.
It comes from unclear systems.

💬 Where do you see prescribing risk quietly building in your practice?

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16/01/2026

Busy doesn’t always mean safe.

A practice can look fully staffed and still carry hidden prescribing risk and fragile governance.

Safe staffing isn’t about numbers.
It’s about structure, ownership, and flow.

15/01/2026

Same list size.
Same headcount.
Very different risk.

Because safe staffing isn’t about numbers.

It only works when:
• Work matches skill
• Ownership is clear
• Governance is visible
• Capacity reflects real demand

This is why staffing ratios often give false reassurance.

Our latest article explains what safe staffing actually looks like in practice, and why structure matters more than headcount.

🔗 Read more:
https://bit.ly/4sFGUAT

15/01/2026

Repeat prescribing is a safety system - not admin.

It’s often treated as transactional work.
In reality, it’s one of the most important patient safety controls in general practice.

When repeat prescribing has clear ownership:
• Risk reduces
• Errors are identified earlier
• GP time is protected
• Patients experience smoother, safer care

When it doesn’t, pressure builds quietly - until January exposes it.

Well-designed repeat prescribing systems don’t add work.
They remove friction, reduce risk, and stabilise workload when demand rises.

🔗 Read how pharmacist-led systems make the difference:
https://bit.ly/48hLZHu

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13/01/2026

From insight ➡️ action

45% of practices say repeat prescription requests are the first medicines pressure to escalate in January.

That isn’t surprising.
But it is instructive.

So what do we do with this?

When repeat prescribing escalates first, it usually signals one thing:

👉 Medicines work is still relying on informal fixes instead of clear ownership.

Across practices and PCNs, the same pattern appears as pressure rises:
• Tasks default back to GPs as systems tighten
• Reviews become reactive, not predictable
• Risk builds quietly before anyone realises
• Work moves - but without a clear home

The practices that stabilise fastest don’t remove demand.
They redesign how medicines work flows.

In practice, that means:
• Clear ownership of repeat prescribing and medicines queries
• Clinical pharmacists leading medicines decisions and reviews
• Pharmacy technicians managing systems, lists and workflow
• Governance built into everyday activity - not added later

When medicines work is structured this way:
✔️ Pressure reduces instead of bouncing
✔️ Risk becomes visible and manageable
✔️ GP time is protected earlier in the year
✔️ January becomes a reset point - not a crisis

January is often the first honest signal of the year.

The real question isn’t where pressure shows up.
It’s whether systems are ready to absorb it safely.

💬 If you could redesign one medicines workflow this January, what would it be?

12/01/2026

45% of practices say repeat requests are the first medicines pressure to escalate in January.

Last week we asked where medicines pressure escalates first after the festive period.

Here’s what practices told us 👇

🗳️ Poll results:
• 🔁 Repeat requests – 45%
• 💊 Medication review backlog – 32%
• ⚠️ High-risk medicines – 14%
• 📤 GP query bounce-back – 9%

That split is telling.

Repeat prescribing and review backlog account for over three-quarters of early January pressure.
Not because these issues suddenly appear – but because they’re the first systems to feel strain when demand rises and capacity tightens.

These aren’t new problems.
They’re predictable pressure points that surface when systems are already stretched.

Across practices and PCNs, January tends to amplify:
• Early repeat requests before reviews are due
• Backlogs in medicines work that built quietly in December
• Reviews slipping because ownership isn’t explicit
• Risk sitting between roles rather than with one accountable owner

What stands out isn’t just what escalates - it’s how consistent this pattern is across different settings.

January doesn’t create medicines pressure.
It reveals where systems were already carrying it.

The practices that stabilise fastest aren’t the ones asking teams to work harder.
They’re the ones that:
• Clarify ownership of repeat prescribing and reviews
• Use clinical pharmacists and pharmacy technicians deliberately
• Strengthen medicines workflows before pressure peaks
• Reduce the need for GP “rescue work”

We’ll be sharing more practical insight on how teams are addressing these exact pressure points - and what’s actually working on the ground.

https://bit.ly/42WodxG

💬 Does this reflect what you’re seeing in your practice or PCN?

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