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25th January 2024

Welcome to Community Pharmacy Lincolnshire News
In this week's newsletter:
 
  • Reminder: Pharmacy First ENT training in Lincolnshire Sunday 25th February - Book Now
  • In case you missed it: Pharmacy First clinical pathways resources
  • Important Notice: Inaccurate Information sent from East Midlands Team 19th January 2024 - No mandatory clinical audit for 23/24

UPCOMING DEADLINES/KEY DATES

CPE 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 - you can access the page 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 the deadline 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 23:59 on 30th January 2024. Read more on Pharmacy First on CPE website here 

5th February 2024 - Deadline to complete and submit the required information for all outstanding referred back (unpaid) prescriptions received prior to July 2022.
After 5th February, all referred back prescriptions older than 18 months (including any paper referred back forms sent to pharmacies prior to July 2022) will be deleted from the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal. Read more on CPE's website

Mondays 2-3pm: East Midlands Local Pharmacy First Drop-In Events
We have joined up with Community Pharmacy Nottinghamshire and Community Pharmacy Derbyshire to deliver Pharmacy First drop-in clinics online. Designed for community pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy teams to jump on and ask questions about Pharmacy First, the session will give you the opportunity to discuss any queries you may have and access targeted support to ensure your implementation of Pharmacy First is as successful as it possibly can be.Click Here to access the drop-in clinic.

CPE National Pharmacy First Drop-In Events: 1-2pm on the dates below
Monday 29th January 2024; Tuesday 30th January 2024; Tuesday 6th February 2024; Thursday 8th February 2024
Community Pharmacy England will be hosting a series of online drop-in sessions to support pharmacy owners and their teams as the Pharmacy First service launches. With no registration required, participants can jump on using the link below and have their questions answered swiftly by experts from our Services Team. 
Join a drop-in session Meeting ID: 344 030 046 278 Passcode: tYJ7ox 
Alternatively, if you are not able to join the drop-in session, queries can also be emailed to the Services  Team: services.team@cpe.org.uk.

Sunday 25th February 2024 - Half Day Local Pharmacy First ENT Minor Illness Training
See item in this newsletter to book now and complete the pre-work.


IMPORTANT GENERAL REMINDERS AND USEFUL PAGES

Make sure you are signed up for Community Pharmacy England Newsletters. 
Sign up to receive these at the link here: https://cpe.org.uk/our-work/updates-events/email-sign-up/

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

Community Pharmacy England Key Service Webinar Recordings
including  Pharmacy Contraception Service: getting going with the service, Pharmacy First: Getting ready for launch and Hypertension Case-Finding Service see CPE webpage here 

 
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.

Reminder: Pharmacy First ENT Training in Lincolnshire

Sunday 25th February 2024, Lincolnshire 

The Integrated Care System and Community Pharmacy Lincolnshire have accessed some non-recurrent funding to put on a single day of ENT Minor Illness training delivered by CPPE to support Pharmacy First for Lincolnshire contractors. 

There will be a morning and afternoon session on Sunday 25th February and the training will be held at Lincolnshire Showground:

Lincolnshire Showground
Grange-de-Lings
Lincoln 
LN2 2NA

View the CPPE promotional leaflet here.

YOU WILL NEED TO BRING ALONG AN OTOSCOPE TO THE TRAINING. MAKE SURE IT HAS BATTERIES IN IT AND YOU HAVE SOME DISPOSABLE TIPS.

Booking a place

To book a place you will need a code from us. To get this you need to send an email entitled 'Pharmacy First Training - Code Request' to info@pharmacylincolnshire.org containing the following information:

  • Your name
  • Whether you are an employed pharmacist or locum
  • Where you work.
If you are a locum please let us know for what companies and approximately how often you have worked in Lincolnshire in the last 3-6 months. If you have not worked in Lincolnshire but live on the borders and work in Nottinghamshire for example just tell us and we will send you a code if places are available.
 
PLEASE NOTE: THE LPC TEAM ARE PART TIME WITH NO ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT CURRENTLY,
THEREFORE, CODES WILL ONLY BE ISSUED TUESDAY TO THURSDAY

Once you have your code you can click here to book your place.

In case you missed it: Pharmacy First clinical pathways resources

Community Pharmacy England have a webpage with clinical pathway resources that will be useful for contractors. 

The seven Pharmacy First service clinical pathways are a key part of the new Advanced service.

The videos provided talk you through each of the clinical pathways and should be particularly useful for pharmacists preparing to provide the service.

You can access this resource here.

Important Notice: Inaccurate Information sent from East Midlands Team 19th January 2024 - No mandatory clinical audit for 23/24

On 19th January 2024, the East Midlands Primary Care Team – Pharmacy, Optometry and Dental Team, sent an email entitled 'Annual Returns for 2023-2024’

The email was incorrect as there is NO mandatory clinical audit this year.

For further information, please refer to this link from Community Pharmacy England

Following LPC contact, a clarification email was sent by the East Midlands Team late on Tuesday afternoon, the contents of which are shown below (click on 'the attached letter' to open the attachment sent with the email):

Dear Colleague
 
The East Midlands Primary Care Team wrote to the pharmacy on the 18 January 2024 to outline the requirements for the annual returns for 2023-2024. However, we have been informed by the LPC that the previous letter contained errors in regard to the dates and the evidence required for this year. 
 
Community Pharmacy England (CPE) have confirmed that there is no requirement to complete a pharmacy based clinical audit for 2023-2024.  However, there is still a requirement to submit a complaints report for this year.  A template and a link to the CPE complaints page are included within the attached letter.  The Team would encourage you to use this template as it provides the pharmacy with guidance on what information is required within the report.  Please still complete the report if you have had zero complaints as the team will continue to contact the pharmacy until we have had a return.
 
The complaints report requires completion by 31 March 2024, however, does not need to be submitted to the team until 30 April 2024.  This should be sent to our generic email inbox  england.eastmidspharmacy@nhs.net.  Please ensure that you send the returns from the pharmacy specific email address so that we can identify your pharmacy easily. More details on the complaints report can be found within the letter.
 
The team apologise for the previous errors and the distress this may have caused your pharmacy,  should you need any further guidance or information please do not hesitate to contact the team on england.eastmidspharmacy@nhs.net.
 
Kind Regards 
 

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