| Weekly News Digest - 20th March 2025 |
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| The Committee met yesterday and decided, that due to the ongoing financial challenges facing Community Pharmacy, the contractor levy would be remaining at the same level for another year. This is despite a 7% increase in levy that the LPC pays to CPE (which was increased substantially last year). Our LPC is the 5th largest in England with 324 contractors, and our average levy is the 7th cheapest. We will continue to increase our support to contractors, while at the same time representing value for money in these challenging times. The levy has now remained at the same level for over 10 years. |
| Read Community Pharmacy England, Chief Officer, Janet Morrison's latest statement on the ongoing CPCF negotiations. |
| Pharmacies are reminded of the Heales Medical service for needlestick injuries that arise from NHS-commissioned services. See attached poster and leaflet with details, including a box on the poster to add your pharmacy ODS code, which will be required at point of contact. Please note, this service does not cover injuries from private pharmacy services. For queries, contact frimleyicb.southeastcommunitypharmacy@nhs.net. |
| From the 1st April 2025 Dals will provide a unified interpretation service for GPs, dental practices, pharmacies and optometrists across BOB. Please do not use Dals' services before 1st April. All previous interpretation services operating across BOB will cease on the 31st March 2025. Please note that this interpretation service is only available to NHS patients. See here for more details. |
| Community Pharmacy England are sharing tips to help pharmacy team members make the most out of NHSmail see here for more information. |
| Read the latest edition of the Healthwatch Oxfordshire briefing. |
| Read the latest edition of the BOB Medicines Optimisation Bulletin. |
| Please complete this using NHS Profile Manager before deadline 31st March 2025. This is a mandatory requirement for all pharmacy owners. Useful NHS Profile Manager Tutorials are available here. |
| Check out the monthly deadline tracker and stay organized, keep on top of your schedule and meet deadlines with ease. By keeping an eye on key dates and tasks, the tracker is intended to help you to stay on track. See here for March edition. |
BOB ICB PCN Community Pharmacy Leads Teams Meeting – 24 March 2025 The next meeting for BOB ICB PCN Community Pharmacy Leads will take place on Monday, 24 March via MS Teams from 7pm to 8pm. Calendar invites have been sent out by the ICB, but if you have not received it, please contact louise.carlisle@nhs.net at the ICB. The key focus will be the Pharmacy Contraception Service. An agenda will be circulated prior to the meeting. If you have any questions contact Kevin Barnes: cso@cptv.org.uk |
Reminder from DHSC - Pharmacy First ServiceAttention Pharmacy Contractors - please be reminded that to qualify for the monthly fixed payment, all contractors delivering the Pharmacy First Service must also provide the Contraception Service and Blood Pressure Check Service by 31st March 2025, in addition to meeting the relevant consultation threshold. |
| The revised threshold for March is 30 clinical pathway consultations. Please remember that you only have 3 months to submit a claim after consultation, ie for March 2025 the last date is 5th June 2025. Click here. |
| Let’s Talk About Vaccines is a training session to help build confidence, skills and knowledge to open up discussions with patients about vaccination decisions. This online, interactive session is free to staff, students and volunteers across the South East. It will explore the issues, myths and barriers around vaccine hesitancy, providing you with the techniques and approaches to help people make informed choices. The training is available through March, book on BOB ICB’s Let’s Talk About Vaccines training page. |
CPPE have released their latest core workshops which include online and face to face events.
The workshops are open for booking now. For more details and to book your place, please refer to the embedded links in the attached flyer. |
| You can now view the Data Security and Protection Toolkit workshop webinar on demand. Click here. |
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