NHSBSA launches staff risk assessment survey

Community pharmacy contractors are being asked to declare their progress on performing COVID-19 risk assessments for their staff. At the...

Availability of Anti-body testing

As you will be aware the government recently announced the start of a new national anti-body testing programme, which plans...

PSNC has published new guidance on NHS Test and Trace for community pharmacy contractors.

Since the launch of the Government’s NHS Test and Trace programme, a number of pharmacy teams across England have been...

Electronic Repeat Dispensing

Practices in Devon are being encouraged to optimise the benefits of Electronic Prescription Services (EPS) in two key ways: •...

Special Newsletter – June 2020

The LPC has just published a special newsletter which can be viewed here. Forms for applying for HLP training Also...

PSNC Pharmacy Advice Audit: Paperwork and guidance now available

Community pharmacy contractors can now access guidance about the upcoming pharmacy advice clinical audit, including full details of how to...

Reviewing risk assessments during the COVID-19 pandemic

Duncan Rudkin, Chief Executive of the GPhC, said: “We are carefully considering the findings of Public Health England’s report on...

Updated public information posters (17 June 2020)

Public Health England (PHE) has updated the set of Coronavirus (COVID-19) posters for use in pharmacies. These include an updated...

Pharmacy Representation Review Webinar 29th June 2020

Professor David Wright is holding a webinar about his independent review of community pharmacy representation and support on Monday 29th June at 7pm....

The Independent Pharmacy Awards 2020 are now open for entries

We are delighted to announce that The Independent Pharmacy Awards 2020 are now open for entries. Never has there been...

SCR and Smartcard changes feedback during the COVID-19 Pandemic

To help facilitate easier access to patient information, over the past few months there have been temporary changes to both...

Consideration for Carers

Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, both our social and health systems have had to rapidly reconfigure to accommodate...