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Community Pharmacy England has set out seven steps to help reconcile claims for Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs). Our new guidance aims to support pharmacy teams in spot checking that the number of fees paid for supplying items in accordance with an SSP matches the number declared as part of their end of month submission. We [...]

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NHS England’s Transformation Directorate has added a new feature to NHS Profile Manager. Community pharmacy teams offering NHS flu vaccinations can now  update their NHS Profile Manager with the details of their patient-facing appointment booking system. This feature aims to reduce patient phone enquiries for flu vaccination appointments. Pharmacy owners can promote their pharmacy’s online [...]

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Following previous announcements, the Summary Care Record (SCRa) application portal is scheduled to be replaced by a new system called the National Care Records Service (NCRS) from September 2023. From now until 29th September 2023, both the SCRa portal and the NCRS portal will be accessible. Differences between the NCRS portal and the SCR portal: [...]

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NHS England previously announced that pharmacy owners will need to use an NHS approved clinical IT system to make their clinical records and payment claims for the Hypertension case-finding service from 1st September 2023. To begin with, it is expected the following four IT suppliers will develop their systems to include functionality to support the [...]

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The Health and Social Care Select Committee has published its report on ‘Digital transformation in the NHS’. Community Pharmacy England previously submitted a response to this inquiry on behalf of the Community Pharmacy IT Group. Many of the suggestions within our consultation response are incorporated into the final report. The committee acknowledges that the Covid-19 [...]

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