• Pharmacy Quality Scheme 2022/23 - important dates Jan/Feb 2023

As soon as possible after 16 January 2023 NHS Profile Manager can be updated with details of palliative and end of life care medicines, part of Quality domain 5 – Addressing Unwanted Variation in Care

6 February 2023 - Declaration window for PQS payment opens on MYS portal (will close on 3 March 2023); NHSBSA has published for contractors the questions included in the PQS 2022/23 declaration here.

Links to a range of PQS resources can be accessed via our website here.
 

• National Mandatory Audit - Start now - absolute deadline for starting mid February 2023

PSNC and NHS England have agreed that the 2022/23 national clinical audit will focus on valproate, with the aim of reducing the potential harm caused by taking valproate during pregnancy. The audit must be completed by all community pharmacy contractors as this is part of their NHS contractual requirements. 
Contractors are required to conduct the audit over a six-week consecutive period of their choice (as long as this is completed by 31st March 2023). Read more about the audit requirements at the PSNC website here.

 

• 31st March 2023 - Completion of PQS 2022/23 Gateway Criteria

Completion of 20 NMS this financial year and Patient Safety Report - more information around PQS that is regularly updated can be found on the PSNC 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.

In order to access the store nhs.net email account, users need to maintain an active nhs email individually.  It is important you sign into your account regularly or it will be disabled by NHSmail administration and will not be able to be recovered. Please make sure you share with your colleagues/team members the need to log into their nhs email at least once every 30 days-perhaps make a diary note to log in once a month to make sure. This was covered in more detail in the newsletter here.

• 1st December 2022 - Changes to Controlled Drug Reporting - new website active 

Please complete registration on the new website ASAP. More details in our recent newsletter here.
 

• Remember changes occurred on 1st October 2022 - GPhC reinstating full revalidation requirements for registrants with new standards for the reflective account now apply