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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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The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has emailed pharmacy owners today to say that the Pharmacy First IT system suppliers have resolved issues with the data they supplied to the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal for the February 2024 NHS Pharmacy First activity. NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care have also [...]

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Pharmacy owners are reminded that from 1st April 2024,  they must have an otoscope available, and all clinical pathways must be provided in bricks and mortar* pharmacies registered to provide the Pharmacy First service. This deadline was highlighted in the NHS England letter announcing the Pharmacy First service, which advised that pharmacy owners could start [...]

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The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has emailed pharmacy owners today to inform them that they will further extend the submission deadline for the February Pharmacy First claims. The deadline is now 11.59pm on Thursday 21st March 2024. NHSBSA has confirmed  that pharmacy owners who submit their February declaration by the revised deadline, will receive [...]

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The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) emailed pharmacy owners last night to highlight that they are continuing to work closely with IT system suppliers to help them resolve issues with the Pharmacy First data they have supplied. This follows the announcement last week that pharmacy owners would have until 5pm on 15th March 2024 to [...]

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