Useful Links and Information

Briefing: 022/24: Bank holidays, pharmacy opening hours in 2025 and for the remainder of 2024

West Midlands Bank Holiday Opening Intentions and EOIs

The complete routine immunisation schedule from Jan 2025 ITEM 7A

Childhood Imms A5 Postcard ITEM 7b

Hints and Tips Newsletters

CPE Distance Selling Pharmacies Page

Patient consent and NHS EPS Nominations email from the NHS Midlands Pharmacy Team 

Patient consent and the NHS Electronic Prescription Service | General Pharmaceutical Council (pharmacyregulation.org)

LPC LMC Pharmacy Nominations Info July 25

The Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) enables prescriptions to be sent electronically from a prescriber to the pharmacy and then on to the NHSBSA for payment. More information on the link below:

CPE EPS Page

Additional Documents – NHS West Midlands:

Pharmacy Email March 2024
Inaproppriate EPS Nominations_13-03-24
PSNC-Briefing-034.16-EPS-nomination-–-core-principles-updated-2020
Nomination – What you need to know
Your Prescription Your choice

LPC Guidance:

Nomination Comms – March 2024

https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/pharmacy/find-a-pharmacy/

Key terms used in community pharmacy

GP Connect: Update Record

https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-app/toolkit#download-the-whole-toolkit

https://campaignresources.dhsc.gov.uk/campaigns/help-us-help-you-primary-care/nhs-staff-respect/

Security and Personal Safety

https://www.england.nhs.uk/primary-care/pharmacy/pharmacy-manual/

More information on CPE here.

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/promotional-materials-for-community-pharmacy-services/

NHS Promotional Materials for Community Pharmacies (link)

National Health Campaigns Resource Centre (link – requires registration)

Prescription savings campaign – comms toolkit (PowerPoint download)

RPS Pharmacy Guides

Stock Shortages Guidance for Pharmacies and GP practices. summary document final

Shortage Reporting Form

CPE Supply Chain Information

Managing Medicine Shortages

SPS Website

SPS Medicines Supply Tool

NHS BSA SSP page

Part XIVC of the Drug Tariff sets out the temporary safeguarding payment arrangements put in place where a pharmacy contractor’s dispensing business is adversely affected if prescribers systematically increase prescription duration on all or a significant percentage of their prescription items, due to direct or indirect instigation by the CCG. This could lead to dispensing contractors facing increased supplier bills in certain months (as more medicines are dispensed per prescription than usual) and then decreased prescription item volume in subsequent months.

https://cpe.org.uk/funding-and-reimbursement/pharmacy-funding/funding-distribution/temporary-safeguarding-payments/