taylorr

NHS England (NHSE) has published a report on the high risk medicines audit* from the 2019/20 Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS). 10,673 (90%) community pharmacy contractors participated in the audit and 40,419 patients were audited. This audit shows that pharmacists and pharmacy teams have a very important role in ensuring that high risk medicines are understood [...]

The post PQS: NHSE publishes 2019/20 high risk audit report appeared first on PSNC Website.

Health Education England (HEE) has announced a new NHS-funded training course for 10,000 community pharmacists on clinical examination skills. The training, which will be coordinated by HEE with the Pharmacy Integration Programme at NHS England, will be provided by CliniSkills. The training will be delivered online, with optional face-to-face attendance for pharmacists who would find [...]

The post Free clinical examination skills training for community pharmacists appeared first on PSNC Website.

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has published a spreadsheet showing which community pharmacy contractors have made a referral to the NHS Digital Weight Management Programme (DWMP) as part of the Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) 2022/23. To gain the maximum number of points and to meet the Referral stage of the Healthy living support domain, [...]

The post PQS: Data on NHS DWMP referrals published appeared first on PSNC Website.

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has updated their New Medicine Service (NMS) and antibiotic review spreadsheets for the Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) 2022/23. New Medicine Service spreadsheet To meet the Advanced services gateway criterion, community pharmacy contractors are required to have delivered a minimum of 20 NMS between 1st April 2022 and end of [...]

The post PQS: Updated NMS and antibiotic review data published appeared first on PSNC Website.

By 31st March 2023, all community pharmacy contractors must have completed the 2022/23 national clinical audit on valproate over a six-week consecutive period and have submitted their data via the Valproate audit 2022/23 tab on MYS. If contractors have conducted the audit but did not identify any patients to participate in the audit, they are [...]

The post Have you submitted your national valproate audit 2022/23 data? appeared first on PSNC Website.