| Weekly News Digest - 20th November 2025 |
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| National communications will continue through November to encourage flu and COVID vaccinations, please ensure availability is added to the National Booking Service and walk-in times updated via NHS Profile Manager to meet expected increased demand. See here for more details. |
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| Community Pharmacy England’s in-house Drug Tariff and funding experts have produced a new video on referred back (or unpaid) items. Click here. |
| Oxfordshire’s Public Health team commission DrinkCoach to offer online coaching to residents who want to reduce their alcohol consumption. The free service is available seven days a week including evenings and people can receive up to six 40-minute sessions. Coaching sessions can be booked directly via the DrinkCoach website. If you’d like any resources to help promote the new service, or if you have any questions, please email OCDP@oxfordshire.gov.uk. |
| The UK Health Security Agency has launched its Keep Antibiotics Working campaign during World AMR Awareness Week. The campaign provides free posters, videos, and social media assets to promote responsible antibiotic use. Resources are available from the DHSC Campaign Resource Centre. |
| This year’s Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness Week (18–24 November) highlights the urgent need to act and use antibiotics responsibly. Join free, expert-led webinars to deepen your understanding, learn more about best practice, and gain practical strategies to combat AMR in your work. |
| Frimley ICB is funding to support community pharmacies in managing winter pressures during the peak of the 2025/26 season. This initiative focuses on respiratory health and will run from 1st December 2025 to 28th February 2026. Expressions of interest is being invited from community pharmacies who wish to deliver this vital service. Please read the attached information before submitting your application. Deadline to apply: Friday 21st November 2025. If you have any questions before completing the EOI form please email: caroline.martinez@nhs.net |
1 WEEK TO GO FOR COMPLETION!Pharmacy owners will receive emails from NHSBSA asking them to complete the mandatory online survey. The survey will closes on Friday 21st November 2025. If you have not completed this survey please be reminded that it is MANDATORY for ALL pharmacy contractors. See here for details of how to complete the survey. |
Monthly Deadline TrackerStay on top of your schedule with ease using our Monthly Deadline Tracker. This November edition is designed to keep you organized and help you meet your deadline effortlessly. |
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| Community pharmacy contractors are invited to join an upcoming webinar exploring the inclusion of Depression and antidepressants into the New Medicine Service (NMS). This session will guide you through the updated specification and highlight practical opportunities to help prepare you and your team. Join us Wednesday, 3rd December, from 7.30-8.30pm using the meeting link. Don’t miss this chance to stay ahead of the changes and ensure your pharmacy team is ready to deliver enhanced patient support. Register here. |
| Find out more and sign up to deliver, NHS Frimley's Winter Pressures Enhanced Service. Community pharmacies in NHS Frimley (North East Hampshire, Farnham and Surrey Heath and East Berkshire) are invited to an evening webinar, Wednesday 3rd December at 7pm, to learn more about the Winter Pressures Enhanced Service designed to help keep NHS Frimley patients living with respiratory conditions, well this winter. See here for more information and EOI details - registration link. |
| To support the introduction of anti-depressants into the New Medicine Service and completion of PQS requirements, CPPE has been commissioned to provide this face to face workshop. Workshop details: Sunday 23rd November Solent Hotel and Spa Whiteley Rookery Avenue, Fareham PO15 7AJ 10:00am - 12:00 noon. Booking reference: 62642 Book here. |
| The NHS England Continuity of Supply team are hosting a National Winter Supply Resilience Webinar on Thursday 27 November 2025 11:00am to 12:30pm. The session will be interactive, focussed on strengthening winter resilience, with practical insights to reduce the impact of supply disruptions to the NHS. See here for more information and registration details. |
| From 24-27 November, all pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and wider pharmacy team members are invited to join a series of free online workshops. Co-produced by 16 national pharmacy partners, sessions will focus on building more diverse leadership in pharmacy, improving patient experiences and reducing health inequalities. Register via the CPPE website. |
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