Common use of Service description and background Clause in Contracts

Service description and background. 1.1. Patients and the general public access community pharmacies for self-care advice and to purchase over the counter medicines. It is however difficult sometimes for patients to know when it might be more appropriate to access GP advice. It is estimated that 6% of all GP consultations could be safely transferred to a community xxxxxxxx0 (20.4 million appointments per year) and there is good evidence that the advice provided by community pharmacists as part of a consultation about symptoms of minor illness will result in the same outcome as if the patient went to see their GP or attended an Emergency Department.3