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We know how hard and tirelessly you and your pharmacy team work every day to deliver vital clinical care and healthcare access to your community. To reinforce the importance of safety and mutual respect in healthcare environments, NHS England’s first national health campaign for 2026/27 launched on the 5th October 2026, and will run through to the 25th October 2026. Campaign Focus This campaign addresses the clear expectation that all pharmacy staff must be treated with respect. Pharmacy personnel deserve to undertake their professional practice safely, free from abuse, aggression, or hostility. Creating a safe and respectful environment ensures teams can deliver care effectively in the best interest of both patients and staff. Mandatory Requirements for Pharmacy Owners Under the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF), participation in designated national health campaigns is a mandatory requirement for all pharmacy owners. Please ensure you download and print campaign promotional materials and poster suites, display materials prominently in public-facing areas and engage with patients and share digital campaign messaging across your pharmacy’s website and social media channels.
Multi-dose Compliance Aids (MCAs), blister packs, and dosette boxes remain a frequent topic of discussion across pharmacy teams and primary care. To ensure clarity on legal responsibilities, clinical obligations, and funding standards, here is a quick recap of current expectations: No 7 day prescriptions, no requirement to do them unless you have assessed the patient, no change to the recommendations or guidance. Guidance remains unchanged: The core recommendations from professional bodies and LPCs remain firm. For a please read https://cpesx.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/124/2020/01/The-Essex-LPC-ultimate-guide-to-Monitored-Dosage-Systems.pdf
Details about the MenB vaccine service can be found on a dedicated page for contractors with timelines, dates and resources to ensure your pharmacy is fully up to date with news about the service and how it develops. The service will run from 20th July 2026 until 31st March 2027. For More Click Here
It’s interesting how some of the same topics keep coming round, recently there has been a growing flurry of complaints about changing of patient EPS nominations. We have seen first hand on visits that many contractors are obtaining patient consent, ie patients are signing an EPS nomination form* but we are not sure that this is necessarily informed consent. This is often because a patient has an acute prescription (for example at the weekend or out of hours) or is attending for some other service that they cannot access at their usual pharmacy for whatever reason. It is perfectly reasonable for the “new” pharmacy to ask the patient if they want to change their nomination.
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We have added national wellbeing support guide to help pharmacy teams and colleagues, access confidential support whenever it is needed. This directory brings together key contacts for general mental health, urgent listening services, financial advice, and specialist support lines. It also highlights dedicated services provided by Pharmacist Support—including confidential peer listening, financial guidance, and workplace wellbeing tools tailored specifically for pharmacy teams and their families. Key support options included in the guide:24/7 Urgent & Crisis Support: Immediate listening lines like Samaritans and Shout text support. Pharmacist Support Services: Dedicated help for mental health, financial hardship, debt advice, and workplace resilience (Freephone 0808 168 2233). Specialist & Everyday Wellbeing: Direct contact details for NHS Talking Therapies, Mind, debt advice services, and bereavement support. Download the Wellbeing Contact Resource List to keep these vital contact details accessible for you and your team
NHS Hertfordshire & Mid Essex Talking Therapies are delighted to announce that our third ‘Talk for Your Health: Emotional Support for Long Term Conditions (LTC)’…
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To mark World Mental Health Day 2026, Mid Essex Talking Therapies is offering a free online Mental Health Awareness Training session to support our local…
Community Pharmacy England Briefing 020/26 explains the amendments recently made to the Terms of Service for NHS pharmacy owners, including the new conditions related to…
Productive conversations on prevention, neighbourhood health and NHS reform have been the highlight of Community Pharmacy England’s work this political party conference season. We wrapped…
For the 2026/27 Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) there are three Gateway requirements which must all be met, to enable pharmacy owners to be eligible to…
