NMS and MUR Quarterly Reports are due (by 14 October)
PHARMACY CONTRACTS AND MANAGEMENT
PQS - Diabetes Audit Live Now
PQS - Gateway criteria & PSNC Resources
GP Communications
AMR Public Health Campaign Reporting (by 14 October)
PHARMACIST TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
VR, EC and SC CCG Contractors - Communication Skills - Various Dates/Locations
Pre-Reg Pharmacies - What's New in BHF 78 - 6 November, Chorlton
Community Blood Pressure Pharmacy Contractors Only - Various Dates, Venues and Times
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CPCW NEWS
COMMUNITY PHARMACY CONTRACTUAL FRAMEWORK, THE PHARMACY QUALITY SCHEME AND PRIMARY CARE NETWORKS - INFORMATION EVENING
Book now:
Events in Warrington and Cheshire East next week
Events in Cheshire West & Chester and the Wirral the week after next
CPCW is inviting contractors and their teams to join us at events to learn more about the new Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework, the Pharmacy Quality Scheme and hear top tips on delivering a successful Community Pharmacist Consultation Service in your branch. We will also be introducing our Primary Care Networks approach, discovering the importance of them and hearing more about how the Pharmacy Quality Scheme indicator for PCN engagement will work.
Events have been scheduled in the four Local Authority areas covered by CPCW. We will be running a supportive exercise across PCN groups on the night so if you can, please attend your local one but if you are unable to attend that one please do book onto an alternative as it will still be relevant.
The first month of this seasons flu service has now come to an end. Please remember to submit your claim for vaccinations carried out during September 2019.
IMPORTANT: PharmOutcomes will allow you to print out the flu claim form; however, you cannot submit electronic flu claims for payment using PharmOutcomes. You must submit your claims separately to NHSBSA via MYS only.
Fluclaims submitted using a paper claim form will NO longer be accepted for payment.
Please remember that NMS and MUR quarterly reports are due within 10 working days of the end of September ie by 14 October
Reporting is via the NHSBSA website where further information can also be accessed.
PHARMACY CONTRACTS AND MANAGEMENT
PHARMACY QUALITY SCHEME (PQS) - LIVE NOW
The Pharmacy Quality Scheme audit for patients with diabetes started from 1 October. Make sure you are conducting the audit as part of the Prevention Domain.
Small flyers – For pharmacy teams to consider using for patients with diabetes who are calling back to collect their prescriptions;
Briefing document for GP practices– Can be used by contractors to talk local GP practices through the new quality criterion;
Letter to GP practices– Can be used in addition to the above GP Briefing document;
Data collection form– Contractors will be required to enter information onto the Manage Your Service (MYS) application when they make a declaration for their PQS payment; contractors can choose to use this form to help them gather the required information; and
Suggested process – For pharmacy teams to consider following or adapting to incorporate this quality criterion into their daily practice.
From 1 October you can update or validate your NHS website profile in order to meet the NHS website gateway criterion and edit or confirm your Directory of Services (DoS) profile to meet the DoS quality criterion of the Digital enablers domain of the Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS).
You are required to complete both of the above by 11:59pm on 30 November 2019 to meet the NHS website gateway criterion and the DoS quality criterion.
Please note, the period for updating both the NHS website profiles and the DoS quality criterion is ahead of the declaration period, which is different to previous schemes.
If you miss this deadline, you will not meet the gateway criteria (as well as not meeting one of the quality criteria of the Digital enablers domain) and will therefore NOT be entitled to claim a PQS payment in February 2020.
PSNC resources
PSNC has published various resources for contractors to assist them with meeting the gateway and quality criteria of PQS. Additional PSNC resources are currently being finalised and will be published soon; PSNC will alert you when these are available through their normal communication channels. Visit the PQS page on the PSNC website to find out more about the resources currently available
GP Communications
Our NHS Area team are shortly to send out some information to GP practices about the new Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) as the national cascade does not seem to have managed to hit everyone. If you get any queries from GPs about the information you may send to them or discuss with them as part of the new CPCF, please make them aware of the following resources:
There is a communication being drafted that will be sent by the Cheshire & Merseyside Medical team to highlight the following parts of our contract which complement the General Practice Quality Outcome Framework (QOF) domain:
Lithium audit (and the alternative audits if a pharmacy has no patients on lithium)
Valproate safety audit on pregnancy prevention measures
AMR PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN - TIME TO REPORT PARTICIPATION
The AMR campaign has now ended. Please remember to upload your activity to PharmOutcomes by 14 October.
PHARMACIST TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
KEY COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN THE WORKPLACE: OPEN TO VALE ROYAL, EAST CHESHIRE AND SOUTH CHESHIRE PHARMACIES
Various Dates, Locations and Times
A Half-Day Interactive Workshop
Do you face communication situations that feel difficult? Are you left feeling that you don’t know what to say or how best to start that conversation? If so, this workshop can give you the opportunity to gain insight into communication skills and strategies that can help you engage more confidently and effectively.
Who is it for?
All health and social care professionals who come into contact with patients/residents/clients (and their families) towards the end of life. End of life can mean any time from when a person is diagnosed or realises that they have a life limiting illness
Course Overview
An introduction to using the ‘Simple Skills Secrets’ approach – an easily remembered visual model for any professional, in any setting or situation where faced with unanswerable questions or who maybe unsure how to respond
Responding sensitively to someone who is distressed or dissatisfied
How to safely respond to cues
Assisting the formulation of the person’s own plan
Cost
Funded places for people employed in South Cheshire, Vale Royal and Eastern Cheshire localities. If you are unsure whether you are eligible for a funded place please call to discuss. £40 to staff working outside these areas.
Course dates
Wednesday 16 October 2019 -East Cheshire Hospice – 9:00 – 12:00
Thursday 14 November 2019 - Winterley Grange – 9:00 – 12:00
Friday 22 November 2019 - St Luke’s Hospice – 13:00 – 16:00
WHAT'S NEW IN BNF 78? FREE EVENT FOR PRE-REGISTRATION PHARMACISTS
Wednesday 6 November | (7pm) 7.30pm-9pm | The Hough End Centre, Chorlton, Manchester
This event looks at the new recommendations and information in the BNF. The aim of this event is to enable pre-registration pharmacists to identify how new recommendations and information in the BNF will affect clinical practice. During the event pre-registration colleagues from in hospital and community practice will work together on a series of case studies and to start to build a professional network.
COMMUNITY BLOOD PRESSURE PHARMACY CONTRACTORS ONLY
Various Dates, Times and Venues (see below)
This training is appropriate for new contractors who have been successful in their application to take part in the BHF pilot as well as existing BHF pharmacies (BHF1, BHF2 and NHS England BP expansion service) who need more or new members of staff trained where there has been changes.
The training will have a strong practical focus and will include the following six key elements:
What is blood pressure?
Physiology
How to take a Blood Pressure
What does the result mean?
Lifestyle Advice and Onward Referral
Assessment
To register your attendance please click on the appropriate date below:
15 October - Devonshire House Hotel, Liverpool, L7 9LD, 6.30m-9pm
24 October - Bliss Hotel Southport, PR9 0DZ, 6.30pm-9.30pm
13 November - Hilton Liverpool City Centre, 3 Thomas Steers Way, Liverpool, L1 8LW, 10am-1pm
20 November - The Vicarage Freehouse and Rooms, Crewe, CW4 8EF, 1.30pm-4.30pm
3 December - Runcorn Town Hall, WA7 5TD, 1.30pm-4pm
19 February - Firwood Bootle Cricket Club, L20 2DD, 10am-1pm
27 February - Orford Jubilee Hub, WA2 8HE, 1.30pm-4.30pm
Please be reminded that this is a ticketed event and if you are not booked on, with a confirmed Eventbrite booking email, then please do not attend as you might be turned away.
VIRTUALOUTCOMES: NEW FIVE YEAR COMMUNITY PHARMACY CONTRACT TRAINING PLATFORM NOW LIVE
Over the coming months, VirtualOutcomes will release a library of courses that will help you to understand, implement and maximise the opportunity with the new pharmacy contract.
The first four courses are:
New Contract Summary Course
This gives a brief overview of the new contract and suggests some things you can start doing now.
NHS Community Pharmacist Consultation Service
This covers both the NEW NHS111 Urgent Medicines Supply Service and the NEW NHS111 Minor Illness Referral Service
Sepsis Team Training
This supports the need for the team to be aware of the signs of Sepsis and actions to take.
Diabetes Foot and Eye Check Audit Training
This supports the implementation of the diabetes audit from 1 October 2019 to 31 January 2020
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