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Medicines Matter Pharmacy Campaign
Community Pharmacies across Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent are being asked to take part in this vitally important campaign. The...
Mary Seacole Leadership Programme for community pharmacy – Birmingham cohort, closing date 25 July 2018
What is the Mary Seacole programme? The Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) is working in collaboration with the NHS...
Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Checks
For a number of years, the LPC has been able to process applications for DBS (previosuly CRB) checks on behalf...
Practice PLT Dates added
Practice Protected Learning Time dates for Stafford & Surrounds and South East Staffs & Seisdon Peninsula areas have been added...
GDPR and the LPC – Update your subscription now!!
You may have heard about the new General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), that comes into effect May 25, 2018. 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...
Methotrexate Patient Safety Info
Improving compliance with oral methotrexate guidelines This NPSA alert was originally issued in 2006 and of course pharmacists and their teams...
HEE Funded Post-grad Training for community pharmacists
IMPORTANT: If you are interested in taking up some of the post-grad training at Keele you are advised to apply...
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...
Safety update from the CD Accountable Officer for NHS England
Dear colleague We are writing to bring to your attention two patient safety issues, these are covered in the letter...
Latest PSNC News
MHRA Drug Safety Update – July 2018
Date issued: 17th July 2018 A new Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Drug Safety Update (Vol 11, Issue...
July 20, 2018New Health Secretary sets out his priorities for the NHS
Prevention, technology and the healthcare workforce are to be the top priorities for the health service, the new Health Secretary...
July 20, 2018SCRs with additional information – NHS Digital want your views
NHS Digital has launched a survey to assess the benefits and disadvantages of ‘Additional Information’ being available for those healthcare...
July 20, 2018CPAF screening process update and next steps
Community pharmacy contractors responded positively to this year’s Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework (CPAF) screening questionnaire, with 98% completing the survey...
July 20, 2018