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Achieving the thresholds for the monthly Pharmacy First payment has been an ongoing matter of great concern for pharmacy owners and Community Pharmacy England. Since the two previously agreed changes to the original thresholds, which were secured following our representations to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England, we have continued [...]

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In Mid August, the UK Health Security Agency issued guidance to all NHS service providers regarding Clade I mpox virus (MPXV) infection. This followed the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring that outbreaks in eastern and central Africa constituted a global health emergency. Read the UKHSA guidance NHS England has now issued further guidance for health [...]

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NHS England has written to Integrated Care Boards today, providing advice relevant to community pharmacies and general practices ahead of the early release of people from prisons later this month and in October. Read the NHS England letter This follows the Lord Chancellor taking action to avert a prison capacity crisis by introducing a process [...]

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NHS England has announced, via an email message cascaded to pharmacy owners by ICBs, that they are offering use of the National Booking System (NBS) to all pharmacies that provide the Flu vaccination Advanced service. Previously, use of NBS to book flu vaccinations was only available to pharmacies that were also offering the COVID-19 vaccination [...]

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