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Emergency Supply Service/Urgent Repeat Medicines Service: January, February and March In-Hours Extension to Support Winter Planning
December 21, 2017
As you will be aware, in-hours extensions to the service offered by community pharmacies have operated to cover very busy...
Vaccination of social care workers can commence
November 23, 2017
NHS England has published an amended service specification and Patient Group Direction (PGD) for the Community Pharmacy Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Advanced Service,...
Arrangements for flu vaccination for social care staff
November 8, 2017
A letter referring to the arrangements for extending the free flu vaccination to Social Care Staff can be viewed here. ...
Norovirus update
November 8, 2017
With Norovirus Season approaching once more, a general information letter and leaflet from Public Health England, have been produced for...
Leadership programme for community pharmacy
October 20, 2017
Community pharmacists and pharmacy technicians have being given a fantastic opportunity to apply for the NHS-led Mary Seacole Leadership Programme...
NHS BSA: Claiming Quality Payments. Webinar dates and how to register
October 20, 2017
October 12, 2017 NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA) is running a series of webinars in October and November to...
NUMSAS
October 17, 2017
NHS England has shared a slide set which provides an update on the NHS Urgent Medicine Supply Advanced Service (NUMSAS) pilot....
Antimicrobial Resistence
October 17, 2017
As you know, antimicrobial resistance not only affects people’s health but increases healthcare costs too. There are national targets to...
Quality payments scheme – guidance for the November declaration
October 17, 2017
NHS England has published further guidance for pharmacy contractors taking part in the quality payments scheme. This should be read...