| Weekly News Digest - 7th August 2025 |
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Calling all Thames Valley Pharmacy Contractors - Save the date!
Join us online for the Community Pharmacy Thames Valley AGM on Wednesday, 10th September at 12pm.
Meeting link & agenda coming soon—save the date! |
| Contractors can register to provide the community pharmacy flu vaccination service for two and three-year-olds on the Manage Your Service (MYS) portal from 1 August 2025. Contractors must read the service specification for the full requirements of service delivery, and consider if they are able to meet these. Contractors who register by 31 August will receive vaccine by 1 October 2025. Contractors will be paid £9.58 per vaccine administered. Further information is available on the Community Pharmacy England website. |
| The new-look portal will be launched on Thursday 21 August 2025. Please note: the MYS portal will be temporarily unavailable between 7:00am to 8:30am on Thursday 21 August 2025 whilst NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) make the changes. |
| Download the latest briefing from the Healthwatch Oxfordshire Newsletter. |
| We're pleased to share the newly updated MECC Link website for the Thames Valley—a practical online tool designed to support MECC conversations across Berkshire West, Oxfordshire, and Buckinghamshire. The site offers local and national signposting, resources including MECC tranining. See here for more information. |
Don’t miss the chance to join Let’s Talk About Vaccines—a free, 2.5-hour online training for health, social care or the voluntary sector in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire or Berkshre West. The training is designed to boost your confidence and skills in discussing vaccination decisions with patients. The interactive session tackles vaccine hesitancy, explores common myths, and equips you with practical techniques to support informed choices. Five sessions are now open for booking through March 2026 via the BOB ICB training page, where you will also find videos and further details. |
| Medicine waste is estimated to cost the NHS nationally around £300m each year. Help us reduce medicine waste across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire West (BOB) by making small changes which will make a big difference. See here for more hints and tips from BOB ICB. |
| Digital Cafés across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Berkshire West offer free, informal one-to-one support to help build your basic digital skills. Whether it’s learning to use a smartphone, navigating the NHS app, or accessing online health services, friendly support and internet-connected devices are available to help you make digital technology part of your everyday life. Just turn up—no booking required (subject to availability). See here for more details and sites. |
| Stay on top of your schedule with ease using our Monthly Deadline Tracker. This August edition is designed to keep you organized and help you meet your deadlines effortlessly. |
| Stay informed with the Pharmacy Academy podcast channel, a great source for weekly updates on essential pharmacy topics, powered by insights from NHS, CPE, and PGD guidance and AI generated for clarity. Stay connected, enhance your expertise, and dive into key pharmacy discussions—all in one place. |
| The LPC is pleased to announce that we are running a Women’s Health Training event on the 2nd November at Holiday Inn, High Wycombe We are planning short sessions from various speakers covering HRT. Menopause, Skin Care, UTI, PCS and EHC. We are delighted to welcome guests from CPPE, Bucks Sexual Health and other leading organisations! We are running it from 10am - 2pm with coffee and light refreshments included. Places will be limited so reserve your place today. Registration link. |
| Community Pharmacy England will be holding a webinar about the new Childhood Flu Vaccination Service, in collaboration with NHS England, on Wednesday 20th August at 7.30pm. Register here. |
Bucks Health and Social Care Academy is offering 4 funded places on its accedited Health Coaching course with support from the ICB's health inequalities funding. This hands-on, four-day course builds the practical skills and confidence needed to empower patients to manage their health and wellbeing more effectively and will be held at BCW Hub, Buckinghamshire New University, Walton Street, Aylesbury. For full details and how to apply see here, deadline for applications is 31st August 2025.
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| View the latest CPPE workshops with booking links, which are available to book now. Click here. |
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