Monthly Archives: November 2024

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Service development job opportunity

Are you passionate about community pharmacy services? If so, we may have the perfect job opportunity for you! We are seeking a new recruit to join our Services Team to support the development of community pharmacy services, with a particular focus on locally commissioned services. There will be plenty of interesting work to do as [...]

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Autumn Budget: Community Pharmacy England’s Push for Mitigations

Since the Autumn Budget, Community Pharmacy England has been working to ensure that the impact of the announced changes on community pharmacies is fully understood by Government, and to argue once again that community pharmacies urgently need a funding uplift. Chief Executive Janet Morrison met with Minister for Care Stephen Kinnock on the day of [...]

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Response to NHS reforms package

Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting has today outlined new measures to improve NHS performance as part of a package of NHS reforms. One aspect of the reforms is: High-performing providers will be given greater freedom over funding and flexibility. There is little incentive across the system to run budget surpluses as providers cannot [...]

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Help shape the future of NCRS and communications to patients

NHS England are seeking views from National Care Records Service (NCRS) users including community pharmacy professionals. The NCRS portal continues to provide healthcare professionals with information about patient health. It had replaced the Summary Care Record (SCR) portal back in 2022, and has continued to receive usability and other improvements. This new survey will help [...]

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Service case study: Medway vape pilot

Seven community pharmacies across Medway are participating in a pilot to include vaping (e-cigarettes) as a treatment option within their locally commissioned stop smoking service. Community pharmacy smoking cessation advisors will provide eligible patients with a voucher for a starter kit and a supply of up to four weeks worth of vape liquid. E-cigarettes will [...]

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