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The Pharmacy First started on 31st January 2024. Pharmacists can give you advice on a range of conditions and suggest medicines that can help. They may also be able to offer treatment and some prescription medicine for some conditions, without you needing to see a GP (this is called Pharmacy First). Conditions they can treat as part of Pharmacy First are: earache (aged 1 to 17 years) impetigo (aged 1 year and over) infected insect bites (aged 1 year and over) shingles (aged 18 years and over) sinusitis (aged 12 years and over) sore throat (aged 5 years and over) urinary tract infections or UTIs (women aged 16 to 64 years) If you go to a pharmacy with one of these conditions, the pharmacist will offer you advice, treatment or refer you to a GP or other healthcare professional if needed. They will then update your GP health record. If you are not within these age ranges, a pharmacist can still offer advice, but you may need to see a GP for treatment.
The Toolkit is used to make a pharmacy’s information governance (IG) declaration and must be completed by Friday 30th June 2024. Community Pharmacy England recommend that contractors log in to the Toolkit as soon as possible and begin reviewing their guidance documents.
The Ride London Cycling Event which is due to take place on the 24th of May. It is a cycling race with 120 professional athletes competing on across 160kms of road (which will involve rolling road closures) with stage one of the event starting in Saffron Walden. Potential impacts may include staff/patients travelling for appointments/work due the rolling road closures.
The Lateral flow device tests supply service for patients potentially eligible for COVID-19 treatments (LFD service) will continue to be commissioned as an Advanced service in 2024/25. In addition, from 1st April 2024, the following additional patient groups will be eligible to access the LFD service, as well as those previously eligible for the service: People aged 85 years and over; People with end-stage heart failure who have a long-term ventricular assistance device; People on the organ transplant waiting list; People aged 70 years and over, or who have a BMI of 35 kg/m2 or more, diabetes or heart failure, and: Are resident in a care home; or Are already hospitalised.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that from 1st May 2024, the NHS prescription charge will increase to £9.90 per prescription item (note: some items may incur more than one charge). For prescriptions dispensed in April 2024, the NHS prescription charge will remain at £9.65. Amendments to the NHS Charges Regulations also introduce increases to prescription prepayment certificates (PPCs), including the Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) PPC.
Pharmacy Contraception Service Opt in via MYS by 29th February 2024, if you have previously delivered the Tier 1 service and are now ready to…
Anenta have requested pharmacies to complete a Pre-Acceptance Waste audit, which will be valid for either 12 months or five years from the date of…
Pharmacy Contraception Service Reminder From 1st December 2023, any pharmacies that had previously delivered the Tier 1 service but are now ready to provide the expanded…
Nuffield Trust’s latest report ‘The future for health after Brexit’ has found that that patients face a “new normal” of medicines shortages as the UK…
This is the first of a series of articles to help pharmacy owners and their teams to maximise the potential of the Hypertension Case-finding Service…
Community Pharmacy England has opened registration for a national event for pharmacy owners as part of our ongoing efforts to engage more meaningfully with everyone…