General practices across England have started to take action, following a ballot of GP partners by the BMA. This means that many practices are ‘working-to-rule’, only undertaking tasks that are included in their NHS contract. This may mean fewer appointments with GPs are offered to patients in your area, which is likely to result in [...]
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The ability of pharmacy owners to achieve the thresholds for the monthly Pharmacy First payment has been a topic of great concern for pharmacy owners and Community Pharmacy England, particularly as the August increase to 20 clinical pathways got closer. We have been discussing this issue over the last few weeks with the Department of [...]
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Tomorrow (26th June 2024), new legislation will permit pharmacy technicians to supply and administer medicines under Patient Group Directions (PGDs) in the course of their professional practice. However, while the change means pharmacy technicians can be included in PGDs, it does not mean they are automatically included in existing NHS community pharmacy PGDs. Whilst the [...]
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NHS England has announced in its Primary Care Bulletin that the start date for the Flu vaccination service for the 2024/25 campaign will be Thursday 3rd October 2024. This means that the following timings will apply to the commencement of the service in 2024/25: Start date Eligible cohort From 1st September 2024 Pregnant women From [...]
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The Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and the UK Health Security Agency have issued a statement of amendment to the Annual Flu letter. Read the statement of amendment This has been issued, following the news from Sanofi that recombinant quadrivalent influenza vaccine (QIVr) will not be available for this year’s flu vaccination [...]
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