Welcome to Community Pharmacy Lincolnshire News
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In this week's newsletter:
- Specific Bank Holidays Cover: Directed Rota
- Resources for New Pharmacy Contractors
- Lincolnshire Domestic Abuse Specialist Service (LDASS): Recruiting Domestic Abuse Champions
- Register Now for the Midlands Contraception Service Webinar - Tuesday 28th November at 1900
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UPCOMING DEADLINES/KEY DATES
Latest 28th November 2023 9.30am - Deadline to register for Community Pharmacy England Webinars regarding Pharmacy First service and other changes agreed - Monday 27th November 7pm, Tuesday 28th November 12.30pm
Booking link and more details on CPE webpages here.
1st December 2023 - Target go live date for New Medicines Service (NMS )API
From this date contractors must use an approved clinical IT system to document their consultation records for the New Medicines Service. More information and target dates for Smoking Cessation Service (SCS) and Discharge Medicine Service (DMS) APIs can be found here.
17th December - Deadline for the Compulsory 2023 Workforce Survey
More information can be found on Community Pharmacy England's website here.
IMPORTANT GENERAL REMINDERS
From 1st December 2022 - Changes to nhs.net email access requirements. Inactivity period prior to permanent, irrecoverable account deletion reduced from 180 days to 60 days.
For more on this and other important reminders see item on our web page here.
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Specific Bank Holidays: Directed Rota
We have been working with the Regional team to ensure equitable access to pharmacies for patients and a fair approach to allocating Bank Holiday opening across the county.
Following discussions with both the LPC and ICB a directed rota is now in place across Lincolnshire.
There are a number of reasons for this implementation, initially it is to ensure that pharmacy provision is available to patients on all bank holidays.
A rota will also provide assurance for the ICB and LPC that provision of pharmacy services will be available on these days.
The changing landscape in pharmacy and no guarantees of any contractor opening has led to the need to direct. This eliminates clinical risk and enables contractors, the ICB and patents to plan ahead of time. As coverage is needed across the entire county, it is likely that in areas where there are fewer pharmacies contractors will be directed more frequently than those where there are several pharmacies. The areas requiring cover has been reduced to the lowest possible level to ensure reasonable access for patients on Bank Holidays..
The regional team have tried to ensure the rota is fair and equitable for all that are involved and encourage discussion should there are any concerns in relation to the rota by emailing the pharmacy team on england.eastmidspharmacy@nhs.net
Those on the directed rota will attract a payment.
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Resources for new pharmacy contractors
We are aware there are a number of new contractors across the county following recent pharmacy business sales. We have added a news item to our website that includes a link to slides from a recent joint webinar by GPhC, NHSE and Community Pharmacy England to support new contractors.
You can access the news item here.
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Lincolnshire Domestic Abuse Specialist Service (LDASS): Recruiting Domestic Abuse Champions
The primary role of the domestic abuse champions is to raise awareness about domestic abuse within their own community/group or setting and spot signs of domestic abuse and signpost people to get the help they need. They effectively serve as a conduit between victims and specialist support services.
LDASS believe that pharmacy staff are in an excellent position to take on this role to identify and signpost patients that come to see them to LDASS for support.
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer domestic abuse champion for LDASS please find out more here.
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Register Now for the Midlands Contraception Service Webinar - Tuesday 28th November at 1900
Are you or your pharmacy providing (or thinking of providing) the Community Pharmacy Oral Contraception Service?
Following the Pharmacy First announcement on 16th November which included details of the expansion to the Community Pharmacy Contraception Service, this is a reminder that NHSE Midlands are hosting a webinar on Tuesday 28th November from 19:00 – 20:15 to support Pharmacy Teams with delivery of the Contraception Service.
This follows feedback from Midlands’ pharmacists that a webinar to share experiences and have chance to ask questions would be helpful.
We have some great speakers lined up who bring a wealth of experience:
- Emma Anderson, Community Pharmacist for Evans Pharmacy
- Sehra Mehta, Service Manager for Online provision, Training, Prevention and Health Advising, Sexual Health Service, Midlands Partnership NHS Trust
- Dr Joanne Watt, GP in Northamptonshire specialising in sexual health and an Associate Medical Director in the Midlands
You can register to attend the webinar via this link – REGISTER TO ATTEND
The agenda for the session is as follows:
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Contraception Service update and context |
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Delivering the Contraception Service
- Community Pharmacist Insights reflecting on the most common question asked about choice of contraception
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Sharing Learning - Sexual Health Clinic Experiences
- Covering topics like challenging consultations, initiating EHC patients who in the longer term want a LARC and useful advice that supports pharmacists in offering the service.
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Sharing Learning - General Practice Experiences
- Top tips for sexual health consultations, Interface with General Practice, questions to consider when initiating oral contraceptives
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Question and Answers – If you have any questions you would like to ask in advance please complete this online form – ASK A QUESTION |
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