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Community pharmacy funding is complex but can be loosely broken down into fees for the services they perform and profit they are allowed to keep after shopping around for the best prices for drugs. Pharmacies have had massive success in [...]
Published on: 15th February 2022 | Updated on: 24th May 2023
Read more about CP ITG and its work at: the Community Pharmacy IT Group (CP ITG) webpage. This ‘CP ITG workstream update (archive)‘ webpage sets out information following past CP ITG meetings based on past pharmacy IT bulletin. The bulletins [...]
Published on: 4th October 2021 | Updated on: 19th October 2023
This page contains information about the Hypertension Case-Finding Service which was commissioned as an Advanced service from 1st October 2021. In public-facing communications, the service is described as the NHS Blood Pressure Check Service. From 1st December 2023, the service [...]
Published on: 23rd August 2021 | Updated on: 25th April 2024
The declaration of an emergency requiring the flexible provision of pharmaceutical services which was introduced to help maintain pharmacy services during the COVID-19 outbreak, has been extended to 30th September 2021. This means that contractors are still allowed to make [...]
Published on: 29th June 2021 | Updated on: 29th June 2021
Pharmacies may supply antivirals for the treatment of flu on NHS prescriptions, during the times when the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Pharmaceutical Officer have advised that seasonal influenza is circulating. Outside of that period, general practitioners are unable to [...]
Published on: 2nd March 2020 | Updated on: 15th March 2022
In July 2019, Community Pharmacy England, NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) agreed a five-year deal for community pharmacies, guaranteeing funding levels until 2023/24. The deal secures pharmacy funding and sets out a clear vision [...]
Published on: 22nd July 2019 | Updated on: 12th December 2023
Shared Care Records (otherwise known as ‘ShCR’, ‘Local health and shared care records’, ‘LHCRs’ or simply ‘records’) are patients’ electronic health records. ShCRs include information from various care settings e.g. GP practice and secondary care. The majority of English patients [...]
Published on: 18th July 2019 | Updated on: 17th October 2023
The NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d) provides a standard description and electronic identifier for all medicines but at present there is no standard structure to represent dosage instructions, for example, “Take two tablets three times a day.” Without [...]
Published on: 26th January 2018 | Updated on: 7th April 2022
Apps are software applications, usually designed to run on smartphones, tablet devices or computers. Some apps link with NHS Patient Facing Services (PFS & app offerings). Return to the Pharmacy IT hub; Patient facing tools, apps and services or [...]
Published on: 27th January 2017 | Updated on: 16th November 2023
Many organisations and policies influence the development of NHS IT within the community pharmacy sector. The following is a high-level summary of some key organisations and aspects involved with the delivery of NHS IT. National IT A range of organisations [...]
Published on: 27th January 2017 | Updated on: 15th January 2023
Community pharmacy has been providing flu vaccinations under a nationally commissioned service since September 2015. Each year from September through to March the NHS runs a seasonal flu vaccination campaign aiming to vaccinate all patients who are at risk of [...]
Published on: 22nd July 2015 | Updated on: 5th April 2024
Funding from December 2016 Following the community pharmacy funding imposition, Community Pharmacy England discussed with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) the VAT treatment of the revised fees and payments that were implemented from 1st December 2016, and in particular the [...]
Published on: 12th September 2014 | Updated on: 1st November 2023
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Published on: 12th August 2014 | Updated on: 15th March 2022
Are you a commissioner? If so, why not visit our Commissioners Portal which includes more information about how community pharmacy can be developed to enable pharmacies to offer a wide range of high quality services for the benefit of patients and the [...]
Published on: 9th August 2013 | Updated on: 30th March 2022
Community pharmacy teams need to work closely with colleagues in general practices in order to provide the best possible care for patients. Effective collaborative working is helped by GP and pharmacy teams understanding how their colleagues work on a day [...]
Published on: 1st August 2013 | Updated on: 30th March 2022
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