Core Services
Quality Improvement
As community pharmacy services are continually evolving, part of our annual settlement with Scottish Government sets aside funding to support the ongoing costs of service implementation and training.
- Paid
- Monthly, on the 1st
- Paid to
- All contractors on the Pharmaceutical list
- In place since
- 2025/26 financial year
Monthly Quality Improvement payment
Paid each month to all contractors on the Pharmaceutical list, to recognise service implementation and training costs and support the annual national workforce survey.
How the funding works
The monthly payment, and how Scottish Government can direct its use
The payment
Paid on the 1st of every month
As of the 2025/26 financial year, a payment is made each month to all contractors on the Pharmaceutical list on the 1st of the month to recognise these costs and also to support the annual, timely completion of a national workforce survey.
Directed activity
Specific Quality Improvement activities
The Scottish Government also reserves the right to direct contractors to carry out specific Quality Improvement activities using this funding line throughout the year, as has been the case in the past with NSAID bundles and Safety Climate Toolkit implementation.
Past examples- NSAID bundles
- Safety Climate Toolkit implementation
Related pages
More on funding and the national workforce survey