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NHS England are seeking views from National Care Records Service (NCRS) users including community pharmacy professionals. The NCRS portal continues to provide healthcare professionals with information about patient health. It had replaced the Summary Care Record (SCR) portal back in 2022, and has continued to receive usability and other improvements. This new survey will help [...]

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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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20 parliamentarians have signed a letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting MP, calling for urgent government action to safeguard the future of community pharmacies. Supported by Community Pharmacy England, the cross-party letter describes the financial challenges facing the sector and calls on the Department of Health and Social [...]

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The deadline to register interest in participating in an important fiscal review of the community pharmacy sector has been extended to Monday 18th November. With pharmacies across the country struggling to cope under intolerable financial pressures, NHS England’s independent economic review offers an opportunity to demonstrate how much it actually costs to run a pharmacy [...]

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