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A new streamlined process for making claims for the Discharge Medicines Service (DMS) will come into effect from 6th July 2025. Following feedback from Community Pharmacy England about the current lengthy claim process, NHS England and NHSBSA have agreed to introduce a shortened process for making claims for DMS. In time, an API will be [...]

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As the provision of clinical services in community pharmacies continues to grow, pharmacy professionals who want to update their knowledge of best practice in record keeping can access the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education Documenting in patient clinical records e-learning programme. This learning programme will support pharmacy professionals to: Summarise the legal and regulatory requirements [...]

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From today (1st June 2025) several changes take effect for the Pharmacy First service following the announcement of these as part of the contractual settlement for 2025/26. Below is a reminder of these changes. ‘Bundling’ requirements for the monthly payment From today, the bundling requirements for Pharmacy First come into force, which impacts on whether [...]

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The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has published a news story, on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care, highlighting that from 1st June 2025 pharmacy owners who have not yet claimed for Pharmacy First consultations carried out in March, April and May 2025 must claim these by 11.59pm on 30th June 2025 [...]

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As we move into the warmer months, 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 [...]

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