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NHS England has funded the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) to offer the Accuracy checking pharmacy technician (ACPT) programme for pharmacy technicians. The ACPT programme is a 3-12-month training and development programme available to pharmacy technicians, with employer support. The course is designed to support pharmacy technicians in meeting a range of competencies during [...]

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The Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) is launching a Preparing to train as an independent prescriber e-course on 12th September 2023. The aim of the e-course is to build the confidence and competence of pharmacists who are planning to apply and train as independent prescribers. The course is made up of four main components: [...]

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In an amendment to the NHS England advice in our previous news story, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced from 1st August 2023, that Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS) claims for payment should be submitted within one month of, and no later than three months from the claim period for the chargeable activity provided. [...]

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Our members (pharmacy owners) and their teams, have proved yet again, that they can deliver vital public health services at scale and pace, having administered over 5 million flu vaccinations under the national Flu Vaccination Service, a new record for the sector. The NHS Business Services Authority has published the Advanced Service Flu report which shows that [...]

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NHS England is asking members (pharmacy owners) to continue to voluntarily submit New Medicine Service (NMS) quarterly summary data to the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) for Quarter 4 (Q4) 2022/23 (January to March 2023). The mandatory requirement to submit this data has been suspended since 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. NHS England want to continue [...]

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