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Reminder: CPAF screening process now started - deadline approaching fast - completion of short questionnaire strongly advised

Only 77% of contractors have so far completed the short questionnaire. Priority completion of short, screening questionnaire is highly recommended.  Contractors are advised to prepare by reading the PSNC briefing and the questions on the NHSBSA website.

As a result of NHS regulations introduced at the end of 2020, completion of CPAF is now a requirement of the Terms of Service. Therefore, contractors must complete the screening questionnaire and, if required, the full CPAF questionnaire. Once the screening questionnaires have been completed, NHS England will then select a small number of pharmacies for a monitoring visit and/or to complete the full CPAF questionnaire.

Deadline for Booking today

Book your free place at the AGM now - GP Guest Speaker Dr Rehaan Ansari confirmed

BOOK TODAY! 

Contractors are invited to book a place at the Community Pharmacy Lincolnshire AGM, which will take place on Thursday 15th September at Washingborough Hall, near Lincoln. We need to let the venue have numbers by mid-August so the deadline for booking is Thursday 18th August.  A hot buffet will be provided at 1830 and the short AGM meeting will be followed by Dr Ansari’s talk. A link to the invitation with full details can be found here.
 

Washingborough Hall, Venue for the AGM

This year, particularly as we build on the roll-out of the GP referral into the Community Pharmacy Consultation service, we thought it would be useful to ask our GP guest speaker, Dr Rehaan Ansari, to give a presentation based on how GPs minimise antibiotic prescribing, to assist with pharmacist decisions about escalation of patients with minor ailments.
 

Dr Rehaan Ansari is a GP and Partner at Cliff House Medical Practice. He has a long history with the surgery, working initially as a Healthcare Assistant before moving to Newcastle to attend Medical School.

Following graduation in 2016, Dr Ansari completed postgraduate training in Middlesbrough and Nottingham before moving back to Lincoln to take up Partnership.

Dr Ansari provides expertise in diagnosis and management of complex cases, and his clinical interests are in mental health and medical education.

As well as heading the Multidisciplinary Team and providing the overall clinical vision for the Practice, Dr Ansari works with the Primary Care Network, and has taken on a role as Mental Health Transformation Lead.

Outside of work Dr Ansari has been known for mental health advocacy, including working with Time To Talk on the campaign ‘Get The Picture’. He is a long standing Arsenal supporter and a keen gamer.

We are very much looking forward to welcoming him to our AGM.

We look forward to seeing you at the AGM.

Book your free place now by emailing info@pharmacylincolnshire.org

Hypertension Case Finding Service Contractual Requirement for ABMP monitoring equipment

As a reminder, the hypertension case finding service has two stages – the first is identifying people at risk of hypertension and offering them blood pressure measurement (a ‘clinic check’).

The second stage, where clinically indicated, is offering 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). The blood pressure test results will then be shared with the patient’s GP to inform a potential diagnosis of hypertension.

Contractors opting to provide the service must undertake both stages of it, where clinically required, i.e. it is not possible to just undertake clinic BP readings and not ABPM.

To start with, the service will only be provided by pharmacists, however if changes to the VAT rules can be agreed between DHSC, HM Revenue and Customs and HM Treasury, to ensure pharmaceutical services provided by other staff, but under pharmacist supervision are VAT exempt, the service will be modified to allow better use of skill mix.

More information and guidance on delivering the service can be found on PSNC website here.