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The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has confirmed that the deadline for pharmacy owners to make their claims for February Pharmacy First consultations has been extended until 5pm on Friday 15th March 2024. This is an extended deadline for February only (this includes any consultations completed on 31st January 2024) and it follows an issue with Pharmacy First claims appearing incorrectly in the NHSBSA Manage Your Service (MYS) portal. or information on the link below
CPE have developed a media lines briefing note for anyone – pharmacy owners, pharmacists, LPCs, or others – asked questions by the press about the Pharmacy First/Pharmacy Contraception Service/Blood Pressure Checks services. To access, please follow the link below
CPPE has a range of learning resources to prepare and support pharmacy professionals to provide the NHS Pharmacy First service. These resources include a self-assessment framework developed in partnership with NHS England, which supports reflection on knowledge, skills and behaviours that are essential to provide all three elements of the NHS Pharmacy First service. To access these, follow the link below.
The Community pharmacy technician: advancing your role programme is open to community pharmacy technicians. This is a fully funded course that helps community pharmacy technicians develop the skills and confidence to deliver effective clinical services in community pharmacy.
Community Pharmacy England has published new guidance to help community pharmacy owners complete the latest Data Security and Protection Toolkit. The Toolkit is used to make a pharmacy’s information governance (IG) declaration and must be completed by Sunday 30th June 2024. More information via the link.
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More information on the Pharmacy First Service and resources for pharmacy teams can be found on our dedicated Pharmacy First page
The ICB and Meir PCN are piloting a POD for their patients. For more information and to access the community pharmacy POD flowchart, follow the link
Community Pharmacy England commissioned leading health think tanks Nuffield Trust and The King’s Fund to develop a vision for community pharmacy. More information and next steps following on from the resulting independent report can be found on CPE
The NHS is offering treatments to those people with COVID-19 who are at highest risk of becoming seriously ill, supply of LFD test kits through community pharmacy and Covid-19 vaccinations. For more information, visit our Covid-19 Dashboard
Please find linked below details of pharmaceutical provision across the West Midlands for the Easter holiday period. Pharmacy premises must exhibit a notice, based on…
The new Department of Health and Social Care ‘Get your blood pressure checked’ campaign launched 11th March 2024. The campaign encourages all adults aged 40…
Important information: Changes to PharmOutcomes login – unique user emails and multi-factor authentication (MFA) The security of systems is priority. As part of the ongoing…
Community Pharmacy England has launched its third annual Pressures Survey and they hope to hear directly from everyone who owns or works in a community…
A National Patient Safety Alert for the shortage of Salbutamol Nebuliser liquid, both 2.5mg/2.5ml and 5mg/2.5ml was issued on 26th February 2024. This can be…
New regulatory measures were released around Sodium Valproate prescribing and dispensing at the end of 2023 and beginning of 2024 that all pharmacy staff should…
Pharmacy owners are reminded that from 1st April 2024, they must have an otoscope available, and all clinical pathways must be provided in bricks and…
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Semaglutide (Ozempic®) 0.25mg, 0.5mg and 1mg solution for injection in a…
As announced in the NHS Primary Care bulletin (published 14 March 2024), over half of GP surgeries have digital solutions available to automate the issuing…
CPSSOT Committee Meeting For the agenda, please visit our agendas page the week before the…