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Today, NHS England has announced that notifications of unplanned temporary suspensions of services (closures) can now be made via the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal. The Terms of Service require NHS community pharmacy owners to have a business continuity plan for temporary suspensions due to illness or other reason beyond their control and to action [...]

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New Original Pack Dispensing (OPD) rules, central procurement of certain vaccinations for community pharmacies, and changes to the market entry application process are being introduced in The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024. These PLPS amendment regulations were laid this week on Tuesday 3 September and are due [...]

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Last week the Government made the the Medicines (Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone Analogues) (Emergency Prohibition) (Extension) Order 2024, which has the effect of extending the ban, which was due to expire. The ban has been extended until 26 November 2024. The Secretary of State has expressed the intention to make the ban permanent, but can only do [...]

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As of 29th July, 86% of community pharmacies have completed the CPAF screening questionnaire. The remaining pharmacies only have a couple of days left to complete it before the deadline of midnight on Wednesday 31st July 2024.   As a result of NHS regulations introduced at the end of 2020, completion of CPAF is now a requirement [...]

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Community pharmacy owners have just under a week left to complete the Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework (CPAF) screening questionnaire before the deadline of midnight on Wednesday 31st July 2024.   As a result of NHS regulations introduced at the end of 2020, completion of CPAF is now a requirement of the Terms of Service. Therefore, pharmacy owners [...]

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