Your Community Pharmacy portal for South Staffs
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We have been made aware that there are SEVEN GP practices in East Staffs CCG area that have withdrawn from prescribing under...
Annual Contractor Meeting 2018
Our Annual Contractor Meeting will be held from 7.15pm on Thursday 13th September 2018 at Rodbaston Hall, Rodbaston Drive, Penkridge,...
Pharmacies open on Bank Holiday Monday 27th August 2018
The list of pharmacies open on Bank Holiday Monday 27th August 2018 has been published, and can be downloaded below: Staffordshire...
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...
LPC Survey on the impact of funding cuts
Following our LPC meeting discussions on the impact of funding cuts etc, we agreed to seek the views of our contractors,...
Medicines Matter Pharmacy Campaign
Community Pharmacies across Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent are being asked to take part in this vitally important campaign. The...
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...
Latest PSNC News
Drug Tariff Watch: September 2018 changes
The Preface lists additions, deletions and alterations to the Drug Tariff. Below is a quick summary of the changes due...
August 14, 2018Prescription Services Notice to contractors
Prescriptions Services announce they are no longer able to return documents incorrectly submitted with your end-of-month bundle. It is important...
August 14, 2018CPPE launches updated NMS e-course
The Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) has announced it will be running an updated live e-course on the New...
August 14, 2018Ask PSNC: Flu FAQs
The team at PSNC has received a number of queries on the NHS Flu Vaccination Service 2018/19, ahead of its...
August 13, 2018Events
LPC Committee Meeting September 2018
Wednesday, 12 September, 2018, 1.30pm for 1.45pm
Museum of Cannock Chase, Valley Road Hednesford WS12 1TD
Your LPC meets on the second Wednesday of each month except for August and December; the meeting commences at 1.45pm...
SSLPC Annual Contractor Meeting 2018
Thursday, 13 September, 2018,
Rodbaston Hall, Rodbaston Drive, Penkridge, Stafford ST19 5PH
South Staffordshire LPC is holding its Annual Contractor Meeting at 7.15pm on Thursday 13th September 2018 in the Holtom Room,...
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...