NHS England is asking pharmacy owners to continue to voluntarily submit New Medicine Service (NMS) quarterly summary data to the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) for Quarter 1 (Q1) 2023/24 (April to June 2023). The mandatory requirement to submit this data has been suspended since 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. NHS England want to [...]
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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 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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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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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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