The Pharmacy First service will commence next week on Wednesday 31st January 2024. When the service was first announced last year, a caveat was applied to the start date, as there was a significant amount of IT development work to be undertaken within community pharmacy, general practice and NHS IT systems. IT system suppliers and [...]
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NHS England has published its vaccination strategy, on which it consulted with stakeholders and the public in the autumn of last year. Read the vaccination strategy A key proposal within the strategy is to delegate commissioning responsibility for vaccination services, which currently rests with NHS England, to integrated care boards (ICB). This follows similar delegation [...]
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Pharmacy owners are reminded of the requirement to complete the 2023 workforce survey, which is a mandatory requirement for all pharmacy owners. Over two thirds of pharmacies are yet to complete the survey. Read more about the survey and how to complete it In some cases, e.g. Company Chemists’ Association member companies and other multiple [...]
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Community Pharmacy England will be hosting a series of webinars to help pharmacy owners and their teams to prepare for the new Pharmacy First service, and changes to the Contraception and Hypertension Case-Finding Services. Over the last couple of weeks, a huge amount of information, guidance and resources have been published on the service developments [...]
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Following agreement between the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and Community Pharmacy England, the service specification for the Pharmacy First service, which is due to commence at the end of January 2024, has been published. Alongside the service specification, the clinical pathways for the seven conditions which will be included in the [...]
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