Your Community Pharmacy portal for South Staffs
Annual Contractor Meeting 2018
Our Annual Contractor Meeting was held yesterday evening, at which the Annual LPC Accounts were unanimously approved; you can find...
EPS Update – Pharmacy FAQs added…
As part of the roll-out of Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) to 21 “Beacon” practices across Stoke and Staffordshire, the Midlands...
URGENT AND IMPORTANT! Reporting on Public Health Campaigns…
Recording Public Health Campaign Data on PharmOutcomes It is a contractual requirement that community pharmacies run public health campaigns at...
EPS Issues -UPDATED 29/8/2018
We have in the past few days had isolated reports that there are some problems downloading EPS prescriptions from some...
OTC Medicines – local prescribing guidance
Information for Community Pharmacy Teams about new NHS and CCG Guidance on OTC prescribing The Staffordshire Health Economy Over-The-Counter (OTC)...
East Staffs practices and Enhanced Shared Care Agreements
We have been made aware that there are SEVEN GP practices in East Staffs CCG area that have withdrawn from prescribing under...
PharmOutcomes Entry Errors Cost YOU Money
It has come to the attention of the LPC that some of our contractors are entering items incorrectly on PharmOutcomes...
Medicines Matter Pharmacy Campaign
Community Pharmacies across Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent are being asked to take part in this vitally important campaign. The...
Quality Payments Scheme Extended into 2018-19
The Department of Health has now announced that while the negotiations for the 2018-19 pharmacy contract take place the 2017-18...
Recording on PharmOutcomes:
The LPC have produced a series of videos explaining how to use PharmOutcomes to record services. There are several short...
100 Hour Pharmacies – new online reporting process for opening hours
As of Monday 5th February 2018 the Responsible Pharmacist (RP) logs will be available for completion via PharmOutcomes. Therefore you...
12-batch electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) – expiry after 365 days
One of our LPC members has had a small number of eRD prescriptions expire before being able to dispense and...
Latest PSNC News
September 2018 Price Concessions/NCSO – 1st update
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today granted the following initial list of price concessions: Drug Pack size...
September 18, 2018Services case study: Community pharmacist independent prescribers can alleviate GP supply-demand issues
Community pharmacists in Nottingham have been working in GP practices as part of an NHS England-funded project designed to maximise...
September 18, 2018Summary of guidance on aTIV published
In light of this year’s recommendations on the different types of flu vaccines for the Flu Vaccination Service 2018/19, PSNC...
September 17, 2018Ask PSNC: Flu FAQs
The team at PSNC has received a number of queries on the NHS Flu Vaccination Service 2018/19. Below are some...
September 17, 2018Events
Health Literacy Training – Rodbaston Hall
Tuesday, 23 October, 2018, 18:30 buffet for 19:15 start
Rodbaston Hall, Rodbaston, Penkridge, Stafford ST19 5PH
Have you heard of Health Literacy? Can you recognise a patient with limited health literacy? How does it affect your...
CPPE – Falls Prevention workshop – Telford
Tuesday, 6 November, 2018, 19:30
Ramada Hotel Telford Ironbridge Forgegate, Telford Town Centre, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 4NA
The aim of this workshop is to increase your understanding of falls, how the pharmacy team can help prevent and...
CPPE – Falls Prevention workshop – Lichfield
Wednesday, 7 November, 2018, 19:30
Lichfield Cathedral Visitor Centre, The Old Registry, The Close, Lichfield, Staffs, WS13 7LD
The aim of this workshop is to increase your understanding of falls, how the pharmacy team can help prevent and...