The flu vaccination service specification has been published by NHS England; The national Patient Group Direction (PGD) and a national protocol to support provision of flu vaccinations will be published shortly; The service will commence on Thursday 1st September 2022; Training requirements have been updated to allow more flexibility for contractors and pharmacists; and Claims [...]
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If an emergency situation means a pharmacy needs to close for a short period, there are actions a contractor needs to undertake to ensure patients are able to access their prescriptions and that the contractor’s business can resume easily and effectively once the emergency has passed. The following PSNC Briefing provides guidance on planning which [...]
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NHS England has informed PSNC that there is currently (5th August 2022) an IT system outage with the Adastra system, used by many NHS 111 service providers across England. This is affecting services that receive electronic referrals and bookings from NHS 111, including referrals to the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS). Each region of England [...]
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The 2022 Community Pharmacy Workforce Survey will take place in the autumn and all pharmacy contractors will be asked to submit data to support workforce planning for the sector. The survey was first undertaken in 2017 and it was repeated last year. Recognising the recruitment challenges that contractors are facing, from this year, the survey [...]
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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England have today (21st July 2022), published further information regarding the addition of 50-64 year olds to the 2022/23 flu vaccination programme. The change to the eligible cohorts for the vaccination programme was announced on Friday (15th July 2022), reversing an earlier decision to exclude [...]
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