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21st December 2023

Welcome to Community Pharmacy Lincolnshire News

In this week's newsletter:

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Medicines Optimisation December 2023 Newsletter
In case you missed it: Controlled Drugs Newsletter Winter 2023
Reminder: LPC office closed over festive period

UPCOMING DEADLINES/KEY DATES

Community Pharmacy England Key Service Webinars
Although most if not all of these are now fully booked make a note in your diary as recordings will be available after the date on the CPE website at the link shown below the dates.
3rd January 2024 - Hypertension Case-Finding Service webinar
10th January 2024 - Pharmacy Contraception Service: getting going with the service webinar
15th January 2024 - Pharmacy First: Getting ready for launch webinar
For more details and recordings of previous webinars see CPE webpage here

30th January 2024 - Deadline to sign up for Pharmacy First Service
Remember in order to continue to offer CPCS you need to register for Pharmacy First. If contractors don't opt in to provide Pharmacy First by January 31 or just before they will be de-listed from the list of pharmacies providing CPCS.
In order to qualify for the £2,000 initial payment contractors need to have registered for the service by the end of January 2024. Read more on Pharmacy First on CPE website here

In light of recent announcements that have come out in different correspondence from CPE, we have included links to four main webpages for your reference below:

CPE Pharmacy First Service webpage.
CPE Hypertension webpage
CPE Pharmacy Contraception Service webpage
Main CPE Advanced Services webpage

CPE have also have published a new web page highlighting important dates relating to national services and terms of service requirements. This is a live page and CPE will continue to update it as and when announcements are made:

https://cpe.org.uk/national-pharmacy-services/cpcf-services-and-terms-of-service-important-dates/

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.

Make sure you are signed up for Community Pharmacy England Newsletters.
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

The Team at Community Pharmacy Lincolnshire want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. We also received a thank you letter from the Chair of the ICB, Dr Gerry McSorley and the Chief Executive, John Turner, thanking pharmacy colleagues for their work over the year, asking us to pass on their appreciation. Richard Seal, Regional Chief Pharmacist, also circulated a letter of thanks which you can read here.

Contractors have worked hard throughout the year to support patients and we thank you for your diligence in making sure the people of Lincolnshire can access healthcare support across the county when they need it.

Over the next year we will continue to support you as contractors and work with the Lincolnshire Integrated Care system, regional NHS Teams, and more widely with Members of Parliament, to raise the profile of the work community pharmacies do in the county and their true value to the population of Lincolnshire.

We look forward to supporting you with the launch of the Pharmacy First Service in the new year and other services including Pharmacy Contraception and Hypertension Case-Finding moving forwards.

Medicines Optimisation December 2023 Newsletter

In this month's issue:

Hot Topic: Patients prescribed Carbamazepine for the management of Trigeminal Neuralgia Pain

Campaigns

Self Care / Prescriptions

Medication Safety Matters

Drug Safety Update for October / November

Patient Safety Alert for Valproate

Ozempic and Saxenda Alert

Training Opportunities

PrescQIPP Update

Other Updates

Empowered Relief and Pain Café Dates

PACEF and Prescribing Forum Updates

Access the newsletter here.

In case you missed it: Controlled Drugs Newsletter - Winter 2023

This issue accessible here relates to:

•   New Contact Details for Fraudulent Prescription Form Reward Scheme
•   Out of date or obsolete CDs needing to be destroyed
•   Nitrous oxide
• Medicines collection by a representative on behalf of a substance misuse patient
•   Shortage of medicines to treat ADHD
•   Guidance for Dentists – prescription safety
•   Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2023
•   T28 Exemption certificates – de-naturing controlled drugs
•   Occurrence Report Submission dates – reminder
•   Incident reporting

Reminder: LPC office closed over festive period

The LPC office is closed over the festive period from midday 21st December 2023 to 8.30am on Tuesday 2nd January 2024. Emails will not be responded to within this time.

This is the last newsletter for this year. The next newsletter will come out on Thursday 4th January 2024.

If your enquiry is urgent please send it to info@pharmacylincolnshire.org with URGENT in the title. This email box will only be checked intermittently within this period, so there still may be a delay in response.

We wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

The Team at Community Pharmacy Lincolnshire

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