Welcome to Community Pharmacy Lincolnshire News
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Welcome to our weekly newsletter.
In this week's email:
- Community Pharmacy Lincolnshire AGM Report
- Midlands Antibiotic Amnesty 2022
- Reminder: East Midlands Academic Health Sciences Network Free One Hour Lunchtime Webinars: Weds 28th September & Thurs 6th October
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UPCOMING DEADLINES
- 30th September 2022 - GPhC temporary register to close. Click here for more information
- 30th September 2022 - Update NHS website and DoS profile
Terms of Service require a check of details at least once each quarter of the financial year. For the current financial quarter, the deadline for completing this is 30th September 2022. A link to more information on PSNC website is here: Find out more
- 30th September 2022 - Pharmacy support staff GPhC Grandparenting records request deadline
GPhC no longer require the original grandparenting forms to be produced as part of an inspection as evidence that the requirements have been met for pharmacy staff. Support staff who want to request a copy of their grandparenting records from us should complete a request form and send this to request.grandparenting@pharmacyregulation.org by 4.00 pm on 30 September 2022. After this date records will be deleted.
- 1st October 2022 - GPhC reinstating full revalidation requirements for registrants with new standards for the reflective account
As GPhC announced on 23 March 2022, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who are due to renew their registration on or after 1 October 2022 will need to submit all six revalidation records and when writing their reflective account, pharmacy professionals are expected to reflect on one or more of the three standards, selected by the Council from the Standards for pharmacy professionals. More information can be found here: New standards for the reflective account from October 2022 | General Pharmaceutical Council (pharmacyregulation.org)
- 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.
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Community Pharmacy Lincolnshire Annual General Meeting Report
Washingborough Hall, Venue for the AGM
Last Thursday 15th September saw our Annual General Meeting take place at Washingborough Hall near Lincoln.
The event was well attended, with those who came along first enjoying a buffet meal and opportunity for networking with colleagues, followed by the formal part of the AGM, where the Chair gave an overview of the work completed last financial year ending 31st March 2022 and the focus for the year ahead, and the Treasurer presenting the annual accounts. The rationale for the reduction in committee size from 12 to 10 members was also presented.
The annual accounts were approved and a copy can be found here.
A copy of the Committee's Annual Report can be found here.
We then received an excellent, interactive presentation around treating ENT conditions and minimising antibiotic use by Dr Rehaan Ansari, A GP at Cliff House Practice in Lincoln. This was incredibly useful, interesting and timely, both for the CPCS service and for those pharmacists who may be providing the Tier 3 Enhanced Service in the near future. We have formally thanked Dr Ansari for his presentation and have asked for him to provide the slides so that we can share them with all attendees.
As Chief Officer I wanted to thank in particular our Administrator, Hazel, who organised everything for us both in terms of booking places and liaising with the hotel to organise catering and ensure everything ran smoothly on the day (I particularly commend her choice of dessert...).
We hope that those who attended will join us next year and that those who were not able to come along will be able to do so next time - save the date, Thursday 21st September 2023!
Tracey
Dr Tracey Latham-Green BA (hons), MBA, PhD
Chief Officer
Community Pharmacy Lincolnshire
Tracey.Latham-Green@pharmacylincolnshire.org
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Midlands Antibiotic Amnesty 2022
All community pharmacies should have received the email below. Contractors should note that this is not one of the nationally mandated health promotion campaigns for this year, but it is hoped as many contractors as possibly can will participate in the amnesty campaign.
Email sent by Regional Team:
Midlands Antibiotic Amnesty 2022
Firstly, we would like to express our thanks and gratitude to the community pharmacy teams who participated in the Midlands Antibiotic Amnesty, which ran from 15th-30th November 2021. We believe this was a successful campaign which demonstrated the important role that community pharmacy plays in addressing public health issues.
More information about the 2021 Antibiotic Amnesty campaign can be found in this recent article.
We are planning to repeat the campaign this November and would like to build upon the success of last year, with your support to make it bigger and better. To this end, we would like to make you aware of the plans that we have made and ask for your support:
1. The amnesty will run from Tuesday 1st November to Wednesday 30th November 2022 and will be advertised via social media and direct to patients and staff in healthcare settings across the local area. We are seeking expressions of interest in supporting the campaign this year, with up to 100 pharmacies in each ICS becoming early adopter sites, who will receive printed campaign resources. You can submit your expression of interest via PharmOutcomes by 30 September 2022. The module will be found on the services tab and when you save your entry it will be submitted to the team. You will not receive a confirmation of receipt but you will see your entry saved on your services screen so that you can be reassured it is in the system.
2. Data collection. As with the 2021 campaign, we are requesting that participating pharmacies record the number of part or full packs of antibiotics returned to the pharmacy during the period the pharmacy is participating in the campaign. This will provide important information on the impact of the campaign and help us to understand how the public use antibiotics. We would also like pharmacy teams to record the number of people they converse with about the amnesty and safe medicines disposal, and signpost those that return antibiotics to a simple online questionnaire via a QR code. We will develop a PharmOutcomes template for you to capture and submit the data.
3. Resources. In addition to providing printed campaign resources to all early adopter sites, all participating pharmacies will receive digital resources that can be printed. All participating pharmacies will receive certificates of participation after the campaign.
4. Research. We are planning to conduct some research, in conjunction with local Schools of Pharmacy, into the outcomes of the amnesty campaign. If you would be interested in supporting this, we would like you to indicate this via the PharmOutcomes platform expressions of interest form by 30th September. We will ensure that any research projects have a minimal impact on community pharmacy teams.
5. Waste medicine collection.
a. While we hope the amnesty is bigger and better than last year, our data from 2021 showed that the greatest number of returned antibiotics for any single pharmacy was 30 packs. In the event that a pharmacy received a large number of antibiotics returned, we have made arrangements with NHS England that contractors can contact them to arrange additional collections of returned medicines during the amnesty campaign, at no additional cost to contractors.
b. This year we have made links with a chain of veterinary practices in the Midlands, who will be running a similar amnesty for companion animal owners. While the veterinary campaign will highlight to return veterinary medicines to a veterinary practice, we will provide you with a QR code that can be scanned by members of the public to find their nearest veterinary surgery for disposal of veterinary medicines.
6. Environmental impact. This year we are linking in, via social media, with other environmental campaigns to highlight the environmental importance of disposing of antibiotics appropriately.
How can you further support the campaign?
Use the #antibioticamnesty to spread the word about your participation in the campaign on social media.
Consider inviting your local MP to your pharmacy during the amnesty campaign to discuss the risks of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the impact of inappropriate disposal of antibiotics on the environment and the important role community pharmacy plays in promoting public health.
Please note this is not one of the nationally mandated health promotion campaigns for this year, but we do hope you will participate in the amnesty campaign.
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Reminder: East Midlands Academic Health Science Network (EMAHSN) Free Webinars
The East Midlands Academic Health Science Network (EMAHSN) is hosting TWO free one-hour webinars that introduce practical strategies to support pain management in the context of a busy GP practice. These webinars will be useful for any clinician working in primary care, but may be of interest to clinicians working in other areas.
The webinars are led by East Midlands Patient Safety Collaborative (part of the AHSN), which is delivering the Medicines Safety Improvement Programme (MedSIP) in the region, led by NHS England. You can find out more about the programme here
We would recommend attending both webinars if possible, but it is not necessary. Book your place by following the links below:
Webinar 1/2: Making the time count– Wednesday 28 September 2022, 1-2pm
To register follow this link.
This webinar will cover useful strategies to provide effective pain management in a time-pressured environment.
Speakers:
- Prof Roger Knaggs, specialist pain management pharmacist and president of the British Pain Society
- Dr Cathy Stannard, consultant in complex pain and pain transformation programme clinical lead, One Gloucestershire ICS
Webinar 2/2: A self-management blueprint - Thursday 6 October 2022, 1-2pm
To register follow this link.
This webinar will explore how self-management can be used to the best effect in pain management, including ‘what works’ and what to recommend.
Speakers:
- Prof Roger Knaggs, specialist pain management pharmacist and president of the British Pain Society
- Dr Frances Cole, pain rehabilitation specialist and retired GP, Live Well With Pain
For more information on these events, please contact emahsn@nottingham.ac.uk.
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