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Seven community pharmacies across Medway are participating in a pilot to include vaping (e-cigarettes) as a treatment option within their locally commissioned stop smoking service. Community pharmacy smoking cessation advisors will provide eligible patients with a voucher for a starter kit and a supply of up to four weeks worth of vape liquid. E-cigarettes will [...]

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Community Pharmacy England regularly receives queries or requests for advice about system-specific IT issues, and we have recently updated our factsheet to support pharmacy owners and their teams. Although we can assist with service or payment-related processes, addressing technical issues falls outside of our remit and you should contact your IT system supplier or IT [...]

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NHS England Workforce, Training & Education Directorate have launched the community pharmacy technician apprenticeship programme. This programme supports pre-registration trainee pharmacy technician’s (PTPTs) to be employed and to complete their full 24-month apprenticeship training within a community pharmacy setting. NHS England Workforce, Training & Education Directorate are offering a training contribution of £15,053 per trainee per year [...]

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Community Pharmacy England has released a summary of the September 2024 meeting of the Community Pharmacy IT Group (CP ITG).  The group will discuss several key topics, including: Pharmacy IT development Independent prescribing IT User research into NHS 111 referral data flow to pharmacies Booking and Referral Standards (BaRS) Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) item readiness [...]

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Pharmacy owners are reminded that while the flu vaccination service can now be provided to pregnant women, vaccination of all other eligible adult cohorts for the 2024/25 campaign cannot commence until 3rd October 2024. Read our earlier news story for further context The delayed start for the main adult cohorts applies to both pharmacies and [...]

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