New! Manchester - Carers Manchester 

Carers Manchester works to identify, support, and deliver a range of services for unpaid Carers, including ‘Carers Manchester Contact Point’ – a first point of contact for carers and professionals to access advice, support, and local information.  

During National Carers Week (7-13^th June),Carers Manchester will be sending leaflets to be displayed in all Manchester pharmacies explaining how people can self-refer by phone, email or freepost. 

Further information is available at the Carers Manchester website 
 

New! Manchester - Community Toolkit 

Manchester City Council have produced a communication's toolkit with Manchester-specific information that can be added to your social media feeds. This week's toolkit including messaging relating to self isolating and the government road map. 

Click here for a full round-up of all the messaging and resources
 

GM Locality Leads 

In accordance with the LPC constitution, GMLPC recently conducted an election to select new members of its committee.
 
As of April 2021 a new committee was elected and new locality leads for each area were appointed. These are as follows:

Tameside & Glossop: Mohammed Anwar                        Trafford: Helen Smith
Salford: Mujahid Al-Amin                                                   Bury: Mohamed Patel
Stockport: Peter Marks                                                     Manchester: Jennie Watson
Rochdale: Aneet Kapoor                                                   Oldham: Gulamhusein Arsiwalla
 

Previous Locality Updates 

In response to advice from the independent JVCI, the NHS has published a letter on accelerating second doses for priority cohorts 1-9. This action is aimed at tackling rising cases of the COVID-19 B1.617.2 variant.

Click here to read the letter in full 
 

COVID-19 Infection Control and Risk Assessments
 Important Update

There have been a number of reports that local councils are visiting pharmacies to ensure that  the premises are providing a COVID-19 safe service.

Please ensure you continue to ensure infection control measures, PPE, business continuity plans, hand washing facilities, cleaning schedules, social distancing and appropriate personal and premise risk assessments and SOPs are in place.

Pharmacy teams must do the following:

• Check they are registered on the national portal to order more PPE – guidance on how to access the portal can be found here under ‘PPE Supplies’.
• Update opening hours on the NHS website – guidance on closures or making changes to your opening hours can be found here. An emergency closures checklist can be found here

Click here to view GMLPC's dedicated COVID-19 resources page. This is also where you’ll find information on previous updates.