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News Brief 11th November 20

Community Pharmacy Cumbria AGM will take place via Zoom Date :- 9th Sept 2020 Time :-10-11am. Please contact info@communitypharmacycumbria.org for the ZOOM  link Annual Accounts The accounts need to be accepted and contractors can vote either by attending the AGM meeting or by returning a postal vote.  If you are unable to  attend, please download and complete the postal voting … Read More

North Cumbria Easter Period FINAL-Easter-Pharmacy-Opening-Hours-POSTER-942020 (2) Please Note – This information includes all South Cumbria and Lancashire pharmacies opening over the Easter period. For South Cumbria pharmacies, please refer to Morecambe Bay CCG.   With more people using online services due to COVID-19, it is important to keep the opening times on your NHS website profile up to date and … Read More

Community Pharmacy Consultation Service – Guides now available The Community Pharmacy Consultation Service (CPCS) will commence on the 29th October 2019. This service will see participating community pharmacies receiving referrals into an IT platform that have been sent by NHS 111. The referrals will be requests for a pharmacist to support patients that require: 1. An urgent medicine(s) supply 2. … Read More

NHSE are sending out information regarding SSPs via pharmacies NHS mail. Please ensure you check your NHS mail regularly. 3/10/19 – Serious Shortage Protocols published for fluoxetine For more information and protocols visit SSPs

PQS: PharmOutcomes support October 1, 2019 Community pharmacy contractors can access support on PharmOutcomes for the Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) 2019/20, and further support will be available soon. This support is available to all contractors free of charge as PSNC has agreed to use their PharmOutcomes licence to provide access to this support. See PSNC link below PQS Pharmoutcomes support  … Read More

CPCS toolkit is now available visit PSNC website. If you would like to discuss this service, please contact Lynn via info@communitypharmacycumbria.org

Dear Colleague As part of a national programme funded by the Pharmacy Integration Fund, HEE are looking to work with employers to develop and run a Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician (PTPT) Integrated Training Pilot commencing February 2020. We are looking for tri-partnerships that will support 48 PTPTs being trained in hospital, community and general practice or care homes across England. … Read More

The link below indicates all the relevant dates to be aware of for the Pharmacy Quality Payments Important-Pharmacy-Quality-Scheme-2019-20-dates-for-the-diary

Review the regulatory changes enable EPS phase 4