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Community pharmacy owners and their teams have two opportunities to help shape the development of future NHS digital services, ensuring that pharmacy perspectives are reflected in systems designed to support both clinical care and service delivery. The opportunities relate to: An early prototype of a future Manage Your Service (MYS) claiming process for Independent Prescribing [...]

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As announced previously the Government and connectivity providers have been advising community pharmacy owners and others to take action to prepare for the upcoming national switch-off of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), which is due to be fully decommissioned by January 2027. In a letter to the sector, the Department for Science, Innovation and [...]

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Community Pharmacy England has released an IT bulletin update ahead of the Community Pharmacy IT Group (CP ITG) meeting for its summer meeting. Recent developments include: Medicine pack barcode data quality The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) continue to be made aware of concerns about the limited availability and consistency of Global Trade [...]

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NHS IT teams want to learn how community pharmacy owners and decision makers decide which services IT system to use or move towards when system decisions are being made. The aim would be to help pharmacy owners choose pharmacy IT systems and services (e.g. a Pharmacy First IT solution) more easily, in a clearer and [...]

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Pharmacy teams rely on NHS Smartcards to access essential NHS systems. NHS England and Community Pharmacy England are re-asking all pharmacy staff who use Smartcards to carry out a few simple checks now — to avoid disruption later. Some older Smartcards will stop working from 7th May 2026, and others may stop working if contact [...]

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