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The Cybersecurity Unit at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is launching a pilot study to explore the benefits of enhanced cybersecurity support for community pharmacies. This initiative follows a recent sector-wide cyber survey, which highlighted the need for greater support. The pilot is being delivered in collaboration with the National Cyber Security [...]

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NHS England has announced the launch of a new community pharmacy Point of Care (PoC) IT Supplier Contractual Framework, which will allow pharmacy owners to choose which PoC system they use to make their clinical records for the Flu and COVID-19 vaccination services during the Autumn/Winter 2025/26 campaign. IT suppliers listed on the new framework [...]

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Community Pharmacy England has published new guidance to help community pharmacy owners complete the Data Security and Protection Toolkit 2025. The Toolkit is used to make a pharmacy’s information governance (IG) declaration and must be completed by 30th June 2025. Community Pharmacy England has collaborated with the NHS DSPTK team to keep the workload associated with [...]

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Following the recent rollout of Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) in detained estates (HM Prisons), NHS England has identified an issue where the patient’s nominated pharmacy details are being populated in the ‘Pharmacy Stamp Area’ of paper FP10 prescriptions and EPS tokens generated by prescribers (including tokens for non-nominated EPS prescriptions). This section would usually be [...]

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NHS England invites community pharmacy owners and teams to participate in user research on vaccination point-of-care solutions. The goal is to understand the decision-making process and gather insights into preferences and requirements for Point-of-Care solutions. Virtual sessions, lasting 20-30 minutes, offer an opportunity to share your views and suggestions. Interviews will be scheduled from 9th [...]

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