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NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has identified a small number of pharmacies that are declaring consistently and significantly above their actual number of prescription items dispensed each month when submitting their FP34C declaration via the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal. Given the Government’s obligations for Managing Public Money, the Department of Health and Social Care [...]

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As part of the reform to the initial education and training of pharmacists (IETP), NHS England has taken on delegated responsibilities from the General Pharmaceutical Council for the delivery and management of the Foundation Trainee Pharmacist Programme (FTPP) in England. This includes providing funding to each site in England that has had a foundation trainee pharmacist [...]

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NHS England and the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) have announced the launch of the Pharmacy technician development programme: Preparing for the future. The programme is designed to build confidence and support pharmacy technicians to develop their skills to deliver a wider range of services, now and into the future. Participants will be supported [...]

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BBC News, The Independent  Pharmacy teams have faced major issues in recent days, with many patients booking COVID-19 vaccinations through the National Booking System (NBS) despite not being eligible this winter. Only those aged 75 and over, and younger patients with weakened immune systems, qualify for free boosters this year. Alastair Buxton, Director of NHS [...]

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Pharmacy teams have reported major issues to us over the last two days related to large numbers of patients booking COVID-19 vaccinations via the National Booking System (NBS) who are not eligible for the vaccine this winter. We are working with NHS England to try to address this unacceptable situation and to get more NHS [...]

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