Monthly Archives: November 2024

Specialist Pharmacy Service (SPS) has launched a podcast series to discuss some of the issues surrounding the Pharmacy First service and to debunk certain clinical myths around the Clinical pathway strand of the service. In the podcast series, pharmacy colleagues and expert clinical speakers cover the seven clinical conditions included in the Clinical pathway strand [...]

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Pharmacy owners are reminded of the requirement to complete the 2024 workforce survey, which is a mandatory requirement for all pharmacy owners. The NHS Business Services Authority sent an email to pharmacy owners containing a link to the survey in October. In some cases, for example, if you work for a multiple pharmacy group, the survey [...]

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Community Pharmacy England will be hosting a webinar on the introduction of Original Pack Dispensing (OPD) on Monday 25th November at 7.30pm. In September amendments were made to the pharmacy regulations to introduce OPD +/- 10% dispensing for NHS prescriptions. From 1st January 2025, these amendments state that the supervising pharmacist must consider dispensing up to [...]

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Community Pharmacy England will be hosting two webinars to discuss the Government’s NHS 10-year plan and to help pharmacy owners or others who want to feed into it. Last month the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care launched a national conversation on the NHS, seeking input and ideas to shape the future of [...]

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The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) produces a quarterly newsletter called “Hints & Tips for dispensing contractors”. The latest edition (Issue 57) contains some useful information and advice on: MYS July Activity: Tuesday 5 November 2024 deadline New ePACT2 dashboards: UTI and Pharmacy First 2024/25 seasonal flu vaccine reimbursement New oversupply data available in ePACT2 [...]

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