Welcome to Community Pharmacy Lincolnshire News
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In this week's newsletter:
- Chief Sustainability Officer’s Clinical Fellow Scheme | Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management
- Reminder: Foundation Training Webinar: 7:30pm on 27th February
- Reminder: Pharmacy First Webinar for Locum Pharmacists - 29th February, 7pm
- In case you missed it: Pharmacy Inquiry Community Pharmacy England gives verbal evidence and CPL written evidence
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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:
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.
Sunday 25th February 2024 - Half Day Local Pharmacy First ENT Minor Illness Training
See last week's newsletter here for more details on how to book a place.
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 Lincolnshire Pharmacy First Webpage
Includes useful operational guidance and key links and can be accessed here
Community Pharmacy England Key Service Webinar Recordings
Includes 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.
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Chief Sustainability Officer’s Clinical Fellow Scheme | Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management
We have been asked to share the information below about the Chief Sustainability Officer’s Clinical Fellow Scheme. In the information below it does mention ‘pharmacist’, but on perusing the supporting information, the opportunity is open to Pharmacy Technicians as it states, ‘Must have a primary professional qualification in medicine, nursing, midwifery, relevant allied health profession, dentistry, healthcare science, pharmacy’.
Chief Sustainability Officer’s Clinical Fellow Scheme
Who it's for
Recognising the unique contribution each clinical specialism can make in reaching net zero, the scheme is multi-professional and welcomes applications from allied health professionals, dentists, doctors in training [including public health registrars and SAS doctors], healthcare scientists, nurses, midwives and pharmacists from across England. It is aimed at aspiring future clinical leaders that have not held senior leadership roles previously.
The NHS equality, diversity and inclusion improvement plan highlights that diverse teams working in inclusive environments have a better experience at work and are more effective at their jobs. There is work to do if senior leadership in the NHS is to match the diversity of our wider workforce and the communities we serve. As a fellowship with the objective of developing current and future senior NHS leaders, we want to see an increase of successful applicants from groups underrepresented at those levels and welcome feedback about improving the accessibility of our recruitment process.
For full eligibility requirements, please read the scheme information pack. For information on other clinical fellow schemes in the FMLM portfolio, please visit this page of our website.
Chief Sustainability Officer’s Clinical Fellow Scheme | Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (fmlm.ac.uk).
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Reminder: Pharmacist Foundation Training Webinar: 7:30pm on 27th February
In January 2021, the GPhC published the revised Standards for the Initial Education and Training of Pharmacists. The first students to graduate against these new learning outcomes will start their foundation training year, previously known as the pre-reg year, in July 2025.
Lincolnshire ICB is providing a drop-in session, hosted by Community Pharmacy Lincolnshire and supported by colleagues from NHS Workforce, Training and Education (formerly Health Education England), for pharmacy contractors considering offering foundation training places next year.
The team will be on hand to answer questions and provide guidance on what this means, and next steps to get involved.
The drop-in session will be held online via Zoom, from 7:30 - 8:30pm on Tuesday 27th February, and can be accessed at
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81340560101
For more information about the changes to Pharmacist Foundation Training, see the links below:
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Reminder: Pharmacy First Webinar for Locums: 29th February 7pm
On Thursday 29th February 2024 NHS England Midlands Region will be hosting a Pharmacy First Information Webinar aimed at locum pharmacists.
Please share this information with locum pharmacists.
The East Midlands Pharmacy Team are pleased that locum pharmacists are providing the Pharmacy First service and this webinar aims to provide Locums with the chance to come together to get an update on how the service is progressing, share good practice and have the opportunity to ask questions.
The details of the Webinar are as follows:
Date: Thursday 29th February 2024
Time: 19:00 – 20:15
Via MS Teams
Agenda
- Overview of Pharmacy First
- Pharmacy First digital developments
- Training opportunities
- Progress to date on Pharmacy First
- Frequently asked questions
- Contacts, resources and networks
If you would like to attend the webinar, please register via this link and a diary invite and joining instructions will be sent to you – WEBINAR REGISTRATION
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In case you missed it: Health and Social Care Select Committee Pharmacy Inquiry Community Pharmacy England gives verbal evidence and CPL written evidence
Community Pharmacy England has warned.that patients will continue to face problems accessing medicines unless Government both eases supply problems in the UK, and resolves the critical financial state of community pharmacies,
Janet Morrison, CEO, and Mike Dent, Director of Pharmacy Funding, both gave evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee on Monday 19th February.
They warned that pharmacies and patients are continuing to face the consequences of ongoing medicines supply issues, and these are combining with wider financial and operational pressures to leave community pharmacies battling for survival. Read more about this on Community Pharmacy England's website here.
Last year both Community Pharmacy England and Community Pharmacy Lincolnshire submitted full written evidence to the Pharmacy Inquiry - CPL's response can be found here.
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