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Community Pharmacy England calls on Ministers to prevent delay to flu vac start date

Community Pharmacy England is calling for a reversal of the decision to allow a delay to the commencement of the Flu Vaccination Service until after 1st September, warning Ministers that the timely vaccination of around one million people is at stake. In a letter to Pharmacy Minister Neil O’Brien and Vaccines Minister Maria Caulfield, we [...]

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The impact of ‘pseudo’ distance selling pharmacies

The Company Chemists’ Association (CCA) has published a paper on the impact of what it is calling ‘pseudo’ distance selling pharmacies (DSPs). The report suggests that these ‘pseudo-DSPs’ are operating in breach of their contractual operations and placing the physical network of pharmacies in jeopardy. Read the CCA’s paper Responding to this report, we have [...]

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Reminder: Hypertension case-finding service: you must use an IT system from September

NHS England previously announced that pharmacy owners will need to use an NHS approved clinical IT system to make their clinical records and payment claims for the Hypertension case-finding service from 1st September 2023. To begin with, it is expected the following four IT suppliers will develop their systems to include functionality to support the [...]

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NHSE opens EOI process for autumn C-19 vacs service

NHS England (NHSE) has, today, announced the start of a new expression of interest (EOI) process for pharmacy owners that wish to take part in this autumn’s COVID-19 vaccination service, which is expected to commence in October. The approach they are taking will mean more pharmacies will be able to choose to participate than has [...]

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Flu vac service spec published

NHS England (NHSE) has, today, published the service specification for the 2023/24 Community Pharmacy Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Advanced Service. Changes to the service requirements Only a small number of amendments have been made to the service specification this season. The key changes are: The eligible patient cohorts have been amended to reflect those previously announced, [...]

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