Your Community Pharmacy portal for South Staffs
Pharmacies open in Staffordshire – Christmas 2018
NHS England have recently circulated the provisional list below which details the pharmacies open over the Christmas and New Year...
Requests for Freestyle Libre? Do NOT refer for a prescription! Updated 27 November 2018
UPDATE: NOVEMBER 2018 – within a few days of publishing this guidance NHS England decided to make the product available nationally...
Flu Jab PGD updated
PGD addendum published for the Flu Vaccination Service 2018/19 Public Health England (PHE) has published an addendum to the community...
Messages from Andy Pickard at NHSE about local issues.
Please see three messages below from NHSE…. NUMSAS: Dear colleagues As you may already be aware, the NUMSAS service has...
Annual Contractor Meeting 2018
Our Annual Contractor Meeting was held yesterday evening, at which the Annual LPC Accounts were unanimously approved; you can find...
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We have been made aware that there are SEVEN GP practices in East Staffs CCG area that have withdrawn from prescribing under...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...
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
Flu fighter awards nominations open
Nominations are now open for the annual NHS Employers flu fighter awards which will take place in March 2019. The...
December 18, 2018Have you signed up for priority access to utilities?
Community pharmacy contractors confirm each year that business continuity arrangements are in place via their information governance toolkit declarations (now...
December 18, 2018PSNC highlights medicine supply issues on BBC radio show
PSNC Chief Executive Simon Dukes appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live’s ‘Wake Up to Money’ programme this morning (17th December)....
December 17, 2018Drug Tariff distribution notice
NHS England has announced that it will stop automatically sending monthly printed copies of the Drug Tariff to community pharmacies after...
December 17, 2018Events
CPPE – Falls Prevention workshop – Keele
Wednesday, 16 January, 2019, 19:30
Keele Hall, Old Library Keele University, Keele Campus, Keele, Staffs, ST5 5BG
The aim of this workshop is to increase your understanding of falls, how the pharmacy team can help prevent and...
CPPE – Inhaler Technique workshop – Shrewsbury
Wednesday, 6 March, 2019, 19:30
Shropshire Education and Conference Centre Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 8XQ
This workshop will provide an overview of the clinical skills required to support respiratory patients to manage their condition and...
CPPE- Inhaler Technique workshop – Keele
Wednesday, 13 March, 2019, 19:30
Keele Hall, Old Library Keele University, Keele Campus, Keele, Staffs, ST5 5BG
This workshop will provide an overview of the clinical skills required to support respiratory patients to manage their condition and...