Extended Hours Opening

The Extended Hours Opening Service aims to;

Provide better support for people to self-care;
Help people with urgent care needs to get the right advice in the right place, first time;
Provide highly responsive urgent care services outside of hospital;
Connect all urgent and emergency care services together

In addition to providing a community pharmacy service in core hours, the service must include the provision of the full range of essential services as specified within the NHS England Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework during the following hours:

5.30pm – 10.00pm on weekdays and Saturday evenings
10.00am – 8.00pm on Sundays and all Public Holidays with the exception of;
Christmas Day – 4 hours only between 11.00am and 3.00pm

Resources

Pharmacy Extended Hours Service Specification 2019