Pharmacy First Winter Ailments Service
Pharmacy First Winter Ailments Service
The Pharmacy First Winter Ailments service will operate again in community pharmacies from 2ndNovember 2020 until 31stMarch 2021.
The following service resources are available, on the dedicated Pharmacy First webpage on this website, available here.
- Service specification 20/21
- Service guide for community pharmacists 20/21
- Service Contract 20/21 – this should be signed and returned via email to your local HSCB office before you commence the service
- Privacy notice template
- Advice sheet for sore throat and common cold
- Advice sheet for patients with symptoms of Coronavirus
- Pharmacy First Monthly Record Form
CPNI have produced a 15 minute Pharmacy First training webinar, which we hope you find useful, available here. It should be used alongside the service specification and guidance to train all members of the pharmacy team involved in service delivery.
Printed copies of the service posters will be distributed to contracted pharmacies. Pharmacies may also wish to promote the Pharmacy First service on their social media accounts, using the patient information leaflet available on the BSO website. Pharmacy First communications will be shared on CPNI’s social media channels, please feel free to share.
If you have any queries in relation to the service please contact the pharmacy advisor in your local HSCB office or Kerry Grimes in the CPNI office.
