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Hi I'm Stewart Copper from Blackburn with Darwen Primary Care Trust. We started our
EPS process by forming a board and at that point we engaged with our local medical committee
and our local pharmaceutical committee. This we thought was very important, to get these
two bodies on board, in order to support our roll out plans. We started to engage with
GPs who seemed to be very keen. And we started to engage with our local pharmacies, one or
two came forward, they were also very keen to take part. Following that we also produced
a rollout plan, nomination (plan) and the rest of our documentation.
Then really we started to engage with GPs in the deployment process, one key thing to
mention in deployment is 'don't hide behind your polices'. Be prepared to go and talk
to people. I think the art of deployment really is around communication, engagement and building
relationships.
So with that in mind we then moved forward with two GPs, we approached them and we agreed
a pairing with the local pharmacy. Now for us it was important for the pharmacy in particular
that we didn't give any commercial advantages to one or the other. This is where the LPC
came; it was very useful for us. Our pairings were a multiple and an independent; which
the LPC ratified very very easily in our local area.