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NMS: continued pause to NMS quarterly data reporting

NHS England has confirmed, in its primary care bulletin, that community pharmacy contractors are not required to submit their completed New Medicine Service (NMS) quarterly summary data to the NHS Business Services Authority for July to September 2022 (Quarter 2), as this requirement has been postponed again. PSNC is pressing NHS England for a review of [...]

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By buxtona|September 29th, 2022|Lexpos News, NMS|Comments Off

PSNC submits response on future of vacs services

PSNC has submitted its response to NHS England’s market engagement on the future of vaccination services. The consultation is designed to help NHS England deliver a future vaccination strategy. It aims to support local teams that plan and deliver vaccinations to: build on the NHS COVID-19 vaccination programme’s success and learning; and provide responsive, accessible, [...]

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By buxtona|September 27th, 2022|C-19, C-19 vaccination, Flu vac, Lexpos News, vaccination|Comments Off

Reminder: patient satisfaction and workforce surveys

Workforce challenges are currently adversely impacting most sectors of the UK economy, but they are being particularly acutely felt within community pharmacy with serious consequences for pharmacy contractors. PSNC and the other national pharmacy bodies have called for improved workforce planning to be undertaken by the Government and NHS, but for this to happen, high [...]

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By buxtona|September 20th, 2022|hee, Lexpos News, Workforce, Workforce survey|Comments Off

Terms of service changes: patient satisfaction and workforce surveys

Workforce challenges are currently adversely impacting most sectors of the UK economy, but they are being particularly acutely felt within community pharmacy with serious consequences for pharmacy contractors. PSNC and the other national pharmacy bodies have called for improved workforce planning to be undertaken by the Government and NHS, but for this to happen, high [...]

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By buxtona|September 6th, 2022|hee, Lexpos News, Workforce, Workforce survey|Comments Off

Regular staff testing for C-19 to be paused

It is currently recommended that all pharmacy staff test twice-weekly for COVID-19 using a self-administered Lateral Flow Device (LFD) test at home and report their results through the GOV.UK website. Prevalence of COVID-19 in the community has fallen and remains at a comparatively low level as we emerge from the current Omicron wave. This means that [...]

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