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The service specification for the Lateral flow device tests supply service for patients potentially eligible for COVID-19 treatments (LFD service) has had some minor amendments made to it following discussions between Community Pharmacy England and NHS England. The changes to the specification have been made to make the eligibility criteria section clearer to understand, as [...]

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If the Pharmacy First service is to deliver the maximum possible benefit to patients, the NHS and community pharmacies, it is important that there is a strong relationship between community pharmacies and local general practices. Such strong local relationships will give confidence to general practice teams to make referrals to the Pharmacy First and other [...]

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Since the launch of the service, Community Pharmacy England and NHS England have published a number of resources to support pharmacy owners and their teams to promote the Pharmacy First service. We have incorporated all of these into a Pharmacy First checklist so pharmacy owners can work through the checklist to see if there are [...]

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We have received queries about when it is appropriate to make a claim for a Pharmacy First consultation and when a clinical record needs to be created. There are many scenarios within the Pharmacy First service therefore to help pharmacy owners and their teams know when you can make a claim for a payment, we [...]

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As we move into Spring, pharmacy teams may start to see people presenting with tick bites and potentially symptoms of Lyme disease. While tick bites/Lyme disease is not treatable under the Pharmacy First clinical pathway for infected insect bites, with patients needing to be signposted onwards, patients may present with a tick bite with an [...]

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