Monthly Archives: November 2022

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PSNC publishes TAPR Progress Report

PSNC is continuing to make progress on addressing the Review Steering Group (RSG) proposals and has today published a series of resources to update contractors and LPCs on this work. PSNC is taking forward the RSG proposals directed at the Committee through its Transforming Pharmacy Representation (TAPR) work programme. Alongside an update on the TAPR [...]

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PSNC to host Parliamentary drop-in event on Hypertension Service

On Tuesday 15th November, PSNC will be hosting a Parliamentary drop-in event for MPs. The event will last for roughly two hours, during which MPs will have the opportunity to drop-in and have their blood pressure measured by a fully qualified pharmacist. This event will be a great opportunity to talk to MPs from across [...]

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Pharmacy Vision: First chance to share views

PSNC has today launched an open consultation to hear from contractors, LPCs and others in the sector about their views on the future of community pharmacy. The consultation – which takes the form of an online survey – is the first opportunity within PSNC’s vision project for individuals and organisations to share their thoughts with Nuffield [...]

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RTEC and token submission 

Over 80% of pharmacy organisations have now received the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) functionality for Real Time Exemption Checking (RTEC). RTEC enables community pharmacy teams to automatically check if a patient holds a valid exemption reason for entitlement to free NHS prescriptions. If RTEC confirms that a patient holds a valid exemption reason, pharmacy [...]

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QIVe flu vaccine not suitable for 65s and over

Community pharmacy contractors are reminded that they must ensure that the correct flu vaccines are being used for each patient cohort and that this is being recorded accurately in the patient’s clinical record for the NHS Flu Vaccination Service. PSNC has been made aware that there have been cases where the standard egg-cultured quadrivalent influenza [...]

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