This is a reminder that the LPC will be holding its
Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 23 September 2020 at 5pm
The AGM will be followed immediately by an update from Lisa McCreesh, GPhC Inspector and Deputy Regional Manager for Scotland and North of England.
The AGM and GPhC update, which will be concluded by 6pm, will be broadcast live via YouTube on our channel and will be subsequently available to view. Our channel can be viewed here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpiiEH8zlFNbURce_KAwt6g) and if you subscribe you will get a notification when we go live, alternatively visit the channel at that time and the stream will be viewable.
Welcome from LPC Chair
Approval of the minutes of the AGM held on 11 September 2019
Chairman's Report
Financial Declarations
Employee Report
Questions
Lisa McCreesh - GPhC Inspector and Deputy Regional Manager for Scotland and North of England
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL DECLARATIONS
The 2019/20 Annual Report and audited Financial Declarations (to 31 March 2020) can be viewed on our website by following this link https://www.cpcw.org.uk/cpcw/annualreport/
DEADLINE TRACKER - SEPTEMBER 2020
ALL THE IMPORTANT DATES FOR THE MONTH IN ONE PLACE
The September edition of the Deadline Tracker is now available to help keep you on track with your monthly tasks and to meet local and national deadlines.
The Tracker can be downloaded from the LPC website here.
The LPC would welcome any feedback on the tracker and will consider suggestions for future versions.
REPORTING MEDICINES SHORTAGES (Standing Item)
Please continue to help PSNC help you and give them evidence to negotiate a decent concession price, report all medicine prices that are invoiced at more than tariff.
Can all contractors please remember to continue report any new medicine shortages not listed on the SPS website using PSNCs online reporting form if you have not been able to source stock of a medicine from any supplier or manufacturer.
If a medicine is not affected by a shortage but is unavailable to purchase from your supplier(s) at or below the Drug Tariff listed price, please report the pricing issue to PSNC to consider a request for a price concession.
SERVICE NEWS
PPE AND FLU PLANNING
Hopefully you will have now seen the information that the national COVID-19 infection prevention and control recommendations issued by the UK public health bodies were updated at the end of last week; this includes further changes to the recommendations on use of personal protective equipment (PPE), which will impact on community pharmacy service provision, including the flu vaccination Advanced service.
One of the key changes to be aware of is that the guidance states that in some clinical settings, such as vaccination/injection clinics, where contact with individuals is minimal, the need for single use PPE items for each encounter, for example, gloves and aprons is not necessary. Staff administering vaccinations/injections must apply hand hygiene between patients and wear a sessional Type IIR mask.
The previous guidance on PPE to be used when vaccinating patients was use of a Type IIR mask and eye protection on a sessional basis and use of disposable gloves and aprons on a single use, changed between each patient.
COVID-19: Guidance for the remobilisation of services within health and care settings Infection prevention and control recommendations can be viewed HERE
Further information can be viewed on the PSNC website HERE
LITHIUM CARBONATE (PRIADEL®) 200mg AND 400mg MODIFIED RELEASE TABLETS
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have issued a supply disruption alert for Lithium carbonate (Priadel®) 200mg and 400mg modified release. We are getting reports this is starting to affect pharmacies, can you please make sure you familiarise yourself of the advice in the alert so you can have the right conversation with the prescriber.
Further information can all be found on PSNC's website HERE
PHARMACY CONTRACTS AND MANAGEMENT
2020/21 PHARMACY QUALITY SCHEME (Repeat Article)
You are now able to start claiming for Part 1 of the Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) via the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal. Claims via MYS can be made between 14 July 2020and 23:59 on 29 January 2021.
To meet the requirements of the new scheme you need to complete all 14 actions set out in a checklist, all of which relate to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As you will be aware from recent newsletters we have been working with the provider company CHL to arrange a fantastic and competitively priced training package with ECG and PharmaDoctor to enable pharmacists to provide the NHS national flu service and a private flu service. The cost is £95 + VAT (which includes access to the private PGD)
There are spaces available on the following courses:
Sunday 6 September 2020, 08:30 - 13:00, Manor House, 200 St Helen's Road, Bolton Book online
Sunday 6 September 2020, 13:30 - 18:00, Manor House, 200 St Helen's Road, Bolton Book online
At the end of the course delegates will be able to demonstrate:
How to set up for a vaccination clinic
Safe intramuscular and subcutaneous injection techniques
Intranasal administration of vaccines
Child positioning for vaccination
Reconstitution of vaccines
Adult and Paediatric basic life support
Recognition of anaphylaxis and other adverse reactions
Administration of adrenaline via an ampoule or any auto-injector
The training will also aim to provide information regarding changes and requirements to the service due to COVID-19.
Prior to the course delegates will also be enrolled onto ECGs Vaccine eLearning which needs to be completed.This is face to face training with just 12 places initially available at each session, 2 metre distances between delegates will be maintained and a mask must be worn.
FLU TRAINING - PROVIDERS
There are a number of organisations that provide vaccination training for pharmacists and those that PSNC has been made aware of are listed on their website (under Training Providers - listing on PSNC's website does not constitute endorsement of the course or provider by PSNC)
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