Covid Clinical Trial in West Midlands

West Midlands is taking part in the national PRINCIPLE clinical trial, which aims to find low-risk treatments for older people...

Staffordshire Stop Smoking Service Newsletter COVID-19 UPDATE

FACE-TO-FACE SMOKING CONSULTATIONS ARE CURRENTLY CEASED Hints and Tips for Smoking Cessation Pharmacies CHL have put together the following hints...

EPS Phase 4 Roll-out

EPS Phase 4 is now available for roll-out nationally, for practices using TPP SystmOne and EMIS Web; in short, this...

Decommissioning of the Staffordshire Pharmacy Quit Smoking Service

We have been informed by Central Health Solutions (the West Midlands’ regional pharmacy “provider company”) that the quit smoking service...

Testing update – 30th April 2020

The process for booking COVID19 Test at the following static sites has now changed: Birmingham Edgbaston Cricket Ground Birmingham Smethwick...

URGENT! Telephone number error on Humankind prescriptions

Please DO NOT use the telephone number listed for Humankind on their FP10MDA prescriptions! We have today been informed that...

CPPE e-course to support those returning to front-line community pharmacy

The Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) has launched a new e-course designed to help pharmacy professionals returning to pharmacy...

Claims deadlines for Substance Misuse in Staffordshire

Pharmacies have already been advised that One Recovery ADS will cease to run the Staffordshire Substance misuse services (supervised consumption...

Covid 19 and Extended Care (ENT) Service

Please note we have received the following communication from NHS England.  The advice is very timely and we would like ALL...

COVID-19 and Community Pharmacy – UPDATED 12 March 2020

The LPC has now included a dedicated page on our website for information and guidance on Coronavirus (COVID-19) – you...

Primary Care Networks – Community Pharmacy Lead update (14th February 2020)

Further to our call for Expressions of Interest for the role of PCN Leads and subsequent collation of nominations, we...

Administration of OTC medicines in schools

Medication bought over the counter does not require an authorisation letter from a GP. Schools should already have in place...