Community Pharmacy Lincolnshire Update 12th May 2022

UPCOMING DEADLINES

Pharmacy Review Steering Group Voting, runs from 27th May for three weeks
To help contractors to understand the proposals published at the end of April, the RSG are holding several contractor briefing events during the pre-vote period in May, including three national contractor briefing events and seven regional briefing events: one per NHS region, only one event needs to be attended. These events will be an opportunity for contractors to hear directly from RSG members about the proposals, and to ask them questions. Information about some of these events is available below and on the RSG website here.

East of England Contractor Briefing Event: Monday 16th May, 8-9pm

Find out more about the RSG and its work at: https://pharmacy-review.org/
20th June 2022 - Consultation Deadline for Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment

The Lincolnshire Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (2022) will be published in October 2022 to review the locations, accessibility and the services provided by pharmacies in Lincolnshire both now, and with a view to the future. To achieve the best outcomes and give residents and interested parties a chance to comment and give feedback, there is a statutory consultation period of a minimum of 60 days on the draft content. The consultation starts on 19 April and runs until 20 June 2022 (63 days). An Executive Summary and all related information are available to download using this link.

30th June 2022 - Information Governance Declaration

PSNC has published new guidance to help community pharmacy contractors to complete the 2021/22 Data Security and Protection Toolkit. Read PSNC's Toolkit guidance. To further support contractors with completing the Toolkit, PSNC will be holding a webinar on Tuesday 24th May at 7.00pm. During the webinar, which will last for approximately 45 minutes, representatives from PSNC and NHS Digital will discuss the Toolkit questions, talk delegates through the available guidance and answer questions. Register for the webinar

IMPORTANT REMINDER: Changes to Monthly Service Transitional Payments Qualification - The requirement to do one NMS per month and be signed up for CPCS from January 2022

From 1 January 2022 pharmacy contractors who dispense 101 prescription items or more in any month will receive a monthly Transitional Payment which consists of two separate payments For the pharmacy contractors to receive the monthly service payment of the transitional payment they must have claimed for at least one New Medicine Service (NMS) in the previous month and been registered to provide the Community Pharmacy Consultation Service (CPCS) on the Manage Your Service (MYS) platform for greater than or equal to half of the number of full days in the previous month. In our 20th January 2022 newsletter here we covered this in more detail.

30th September 2022 - GPhC temporary register to close. Click here for more information

Connected Pharmacy: It is still not too late to register for the 2 workshops

Connected pharmacy is an innovative programme aimed at unlocking and integrating pharmacy networks across the Midlands. Our Chair, Paul Jenks, recently attended the launch event on 4th May and then the first workshop on 10th May. He found the event to be very useful and a good way to connect across the pharmacy networks within the county. It provided an excellent opportunity to reflect on the future of pharmacy, as we move to an integrated care system, working more closely with colleagues across the health system in different areas of pharmacy.

If you would like to attend workshop 1 on 17th May and then your choice of date for workshop 2, please find more details below:

Workshop 1
17th May 7pm - 8.30pm (Zoom)

Workshop 2 (two options):

7th June 7pm - 8.30pm (Zoom) or 14th June 7pm - 8.30pm (Zoom)

Click here to access the link to book. A short video about the programme can be accessed here. A pdf version of an informative flyer with active links can be accessed here.

Data Security & Protection Toolkit: new PSNC guidance available and upcoming webinar

PSNC has published new guidance to help community pharmacy contractors to complete the 2021/22 Data Security and Protection Toolkit. The Toolkit is used to make a pharmacy’s information governance (IG) declaration and must be completed by 30th June 2022. However, contractors are recommended to complete the Toolkit as soon as possible.
PSNC has collaborated with NHS Digital to keep the workload associated with Toolkit completion manageable for contractors whilst ensuring the appropriate data security protections remain in place.

Read PSNC's Toolkit guidance

To further support contractors with completing the Toolkit, PSNC will be holding a webinar on Tuesday 24th May at 7.00pm. During the webinar, which will last for approximately 45 minutes, representatives from PSNC and NHS Digital will discuss the Toolkit questions, talk delegates through the available guidance and answer questions.

Register for the webinar

Deadline Extended to midday Tuesday 16th May: If applicable, please complete the expression of interest survey for ENT Minor illness training for your contracted pharmacy

We recently sent an email to all pharmacies at their store pharmacy 'f' code nhs.net address as follows. If you have not already done so, please can you complete for your pharmacy or check with your head office if they usually complete surveys centrally relating to training etc.

Email read as follows:

We are investigating the possibility of using some non-recurrent funding to upskill community pharmacists in Lincolnshire in treatment of minor illnesses with a particular focus on ENT and the use of Otoscopes.

This training would be for one full day and would not be funded from the levy but from alternative sources. We are hoping to be able to offer one funded place per pharmacy contract and potentially include an otoscope as part of the training package.

Funding should allow for one place per contract held (ie per ODS code), but if there are spare places (if not all contractors take up their place) we will seek to offer them out on an equitable basis.

There would be up to 6 dates and locations as there are almost 120 contractors in the county, but these would be limited by the funding we could obtain as the training is expensive.

Therefore, please can you indicate if your pharmacy would take up your offer of a place, what days you could potentially send candidates and if weekday or Saturday training is preferred, by completing the short maximum four minute, six question survey at the link below. Please only complete once for each ODS Code ie. contract held. The survey can be completed centrally by your head office if that is the process within your organisation, as more than one ODS code can be selected on the form. ODS Codes are listed alphabetically. All training locations will be in Lincolnshire.

SURVEY LINK: https://forms.office.com/r/bHiH1N6NVL

Welcome to Community Pharmacy Lincolnshire News

UPCOMING DEADLINES

Connected Pharmacy: It is still not too late to register for the 2 workshops

Data Security & Protection Toolkit: new PSNC guidance available and upcoming webinar

Drug & Alcohol Services and Community Pharmacies Newsletter

In case you missed the email from NHSE

Deadline Extended to midday Tuesday 16th May: If applicable, please complete the expression of interest survey for ENT Minor illness training for your contracted pharmacy