This is the fifth of a series of articles to tackle some of the misconceptions around Pharmacy First. The articles will cover a variety of aspects of Pharmacy First and aims to myth bust, to increase understanding of the service. I can accept a Pharmacy First Minor illness electronic referral for a blood pressure check. [...]
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Fully funded places are still available on the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) community pharmacy technician: advancing your role learning programme. The programme, which has been developed in collaboration with the Pharmacy Integration Programme at NHS England, is designed to help community pharmacy technicians develop the skills and confidence to support effective service delivery [...]
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The ability of pharmacy owners to achieve the thresholds for the monthly Pharmacy First payment has been an ongoing topic of concern for pharmacy owners and Community Pharmacy England since the service launched. Following our representations to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England, amendments have been made on three occasions [...]
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Earlier this year, Specialist Pharmacy Service (SPS) launched a podcast series to discuss some of the issues surrounding the Pharmacy First service and to debunk certain clinical myths around the Clinical pathway strand of the service. In the podcast series, pharmacy colleagues and expert clinical speakers cover the seven clinical conditions included in the Clinical [...]
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With New Year’s Day (1 January 2025) occurring in the first five days of the FP34C submission window, pharmacy owners will have an extra day, until the end of 6 January 2025, to submit their December FP34Cs using the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal and to dispatch their prescription bundle to the relevant pricing division [...]
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