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Welcome to our weekly newsletter.
In this week's email:
- In case you missed it: Upcoming Deadlines Summary from PSNC
- Updated Distance Selling Guidance Published by GPhC
- GPhC temporary register to close on 30 September 2022
- Population Health Management Webinar for system pharmacy professionals on 5th April, register by 1st April
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UPCOMING DEADLINES
- 5th April 2022 (previously 5th January 2022) - Achievement of NMS Gateway Criteria of 20 reviews
To meet the Advanced Services gateway criterion, c ontractors are required to have claimed payments for the completion of a minimum of 20 New Medicine Services (NMSs) between 1st April 2021 and 5th April 2022 (this was previously 5th January 2022). If contractors are showing as having claimed for 20 or more NMSs (highlighted in green on the spreadsheet) no further action is required to meet the Advanced Services gateway criterion.
Check your pharmacy is meeting the Advanced Services gateway criterion
- 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
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In case you missed it: Upcoming Deadlines Summary from PSNC
Services: 31st March and 5th April deadlines
Published by PSNC March 30, 2022
Community pharmacy contractors are reminded that a number of services and Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) deadlines are approaching; the news story here provides a summary of these deadlines.
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Updated Distance Selling Guidance Published by GPhC
The GPhC has updated its guidance for pharmacies providing services at a distance, including over the internet. Whilst we don’t have many distance selling pharmacies in Lincolnshire, it is important to note that the guidance covers all services provided at a distance, including the safe management of delivery services. This is the press release announcing the update: Updated guidance for pharmacies providing services at a distance, including on the internet | General Pharmaceutical Council (pharmacyregulation.org)
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GPhC temporary register to close on 30 September 2022
The Government has announced that its intention is for the healthcare professions temporary registers, including the GPhC temporary register, to close on 30 September 2022
The GPhC temporary register was set up after the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care asked us to use our emergency powers in order to rapidly register pharmacy professionals to assist in the national response to the COVID-19 emergency.
The temporary register includes pharmacy professionals who had voluntarily removed themselves or were removed for non-renewal from the GPhC register in the last three years and did not have Fitness to Practise issues. It enabled an extra 6000 pharmacy professionals to be eligible to practise in Great Britain to support patients and the public during the pandemic.
Now the government has announced that the healthcare professions temporary registers are expected to close on 30 September 2022.
Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who are on the temporary register are invited to consider applying to re-join the main GPhC register if they want to continue practising after the end of September.
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Register Now for 5th April Population Health Management Webinar for system pharmacy professionals
Inclusive Pharmacy Practice:
Population Health Management Webinar for system pharmacy professionals
Tuesday 5 April 2022, 15.00-17.00
As part of the Inclusive Pharmacy Practice programme, the Royal
Pharmaceutical Society, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK and NHS England and NHS Improvement are holding a joint webinar on Tuesday 5th April 2022.
The webinar is aimed at ICS, CCG and PCN pharmacy colleagues, but open to all pharmacy professionals wanting to improve their understanding of population health management and health inequalities.
This event will provide an overview of the role of population health intelligence to inform population health management and look at the use of tools such as SHAPE and Fingertips to help inform the management of local population health needs. The event will showcase case studies from various pharmacy professionals working nationally, at PCN level and for local authorities.
Event objectives
- Develop an understanding of how systems can work together to improve the health of their local population
- Support the development and profile of pharmacy team roles in population health management
- Support collaborative working, network development and peer support • Facilitate the sharing of best practice
- Support the development of targeted, practical support and resources
- Showcase the Inclusive Pharmacy Practice Resource Pack for Culturally Competent Healthcare
- Increase understanding of the role of population health intelligence in strategic decision making to reduce health inequalities.
Event delegates
Please use the below link to register by Friday 1st April 2022:
Population Health Management Webinar (england.nhs.uk)
Agenda
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15:00 -15:10
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Welcome & opening remarks from the Chair
Dr Dan Alton (National Clinical Advisor, Population
Health Management, NHSE&I) |
15:10-15:55
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An overview of Population Health Management and
Health Inequalities
Sarah Preece (Principal Knowledge Transfer Facilitator,
LKIS, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities) Barbara Coyle (Associate Director of LKIS North East and Yorkshire, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities) |
15:55-16:05
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Break |
16:05-16:20
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Case study 1: Local authority perspectives
Claire Jones (Public Health Pharmacy Advisor, Durham County Council) |
16:20-16:40
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Case study 2: Our Health Partnership
Clair Huckerby (Consultant Pharmacist, Primary Care
Medicines Optimisation, Our Health Partnership)
Katey McCorkell (PCN Pharmacy Technician, Our Health Partnership) |
16:40-16:55
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Case study 3: ICS perspectives
Helen Kilminster (Senior Pharmacist - Tower Hill
Partnership, Primary Care Clinical Lead Executive - BCWB CCG, Vice President - PCPA, Primary Care
Expert Advisory Board - RPS) |
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Closing remarks from the Chair |
Outputs
- Increasing awareness of available resources
- Networking and shared learning
- Sharing resource pack with attendees
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