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Dear Colleagues,

Please find attached for your attention, correspondence from Kathryn Turner, Pharmacy Lead, HSCB.

From today, individuals aged 25 to 29, (born between 01/05/1991 and 31/07/1996) are eligible to be vaccinated through the community pharmacy service (see cohort 12 in Appendix 1).

JCVI guidance issued on 7 April 2021 advised that it is preferable for adults aged <30 years without underlying health conditions that put them at higher risk of severe COVID-19 disease, to be offered an alternative COVID-19 vaccine, if available. In light of the limited number of appointments available each week in Trust vaccination centres for patients seeking first doses of the Pfizer vaccine, the DoH have clarified that from today individuals aged 25 to 29 years who wish to make an informed decision to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine can be vaccinated through the community pharmacy service.

Kinds regards, stay safe – Gareth

SENT ON BEHALF OF DR. GARETH C. GILVARY
Governance & Support Pharmacist

Dear Colleague

The following concessionary prices have been granted for May 2021:

DrugPack SizeConcessionary Price
Candesartan 2mg tablets7£1.35
Chlorpromazine 50mg tablets28£15.98
Eplerenone 25mg tablets28£14.25
Eplerenone 50mg tablets28£26.30
Esomeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant tablets28£5.18
Etoricoxib 60mg tablets28£12.00
Naftidrofuryl 100mg capsules84£8.10
Olmesartan medoxomil 10mg tablets28£7.85
Olmesartan medoxomil 20mg tablets28£8.30
Olmesartan medoxomil 40mg tablets28£14.52
Pregabalin 100mg capsules84£6.10
Pregabalin 150mg capsules56£4.99
Pregabalin 200mg capsules84£7.00
Pregabalin 300mg capsules56£5.61
Pregabalin 50mg capsules84£6.69
Pregabalin 75mg capsules56£6.50
Prochlorperazine 5mg tablets28£1.79
Sulfasalazine 500mg gastro-resistant tablets112£18.79
Sulfasalazine 500mg tablets112£17.45
Trimethoprim 200mg tablets6£1.70
Trimethoprim 200mg tablets14£3.97
Trimethoprim 50mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free100ml£11.95
Zonisamide 100mg capsules56£49.99

This is the first update of concessionary prices for May 2021.

Concessionary prices will be paid against the usual code, no additional endorsements are needed.

Concessionary prices may be granted up until the end of the month so CPNI will notify you of any further concessionary prices as and when they are agreed.

Please continue to notify CPNI of any pricing issues you are experiencing via our new Medicine Shortage Reporter.

Concessionary prices are also published on the CPNI website.

Kinds regards – stay safe – Gareth

SENT ON BEHALF OF DR. GARETH C. GILVARY
Governance & Support Pharmacist

Wednesday 19th May 2021

Dear Colleague
Please find below correspondence issued from the HSCB in recent days:

1. Correspondence for the attention of contractors providing the Living Well service from Kathryn Turner, Pharmacy Lead, HSCB and Stephen Wilson, Director of Operations (Interim), PHA.

2. Correspondence for the attention of contractors providing the Covid-19 Vaccination service from Kathryn Turner, Pharmacy Lead, HSCB.  **Contractors will note that this relates to a change in the vaccination interval**

Kind regards

SENT ON BEHALF OF 
GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive

For week ending Friday 14th May 2021

CPNI ALERTS 

Contractors will have received correspondence from CPNI this week in relation to:

Contractors are reminded that a number of surveys are open at present:

BSO ALERTS 

DOH(NI) ALERTS 

Recent correspondence is available here.

HSCB ALERTS 

Recent correspondence is available here.

The April edition of the NI Formulary Medicines Management Newsletter is available here.

Please bring this to the attention of your pharmacy team(s).

Pharmacy team(s) can keep updated via CPNI’s
Contractor Calendar
Contractor Emails
Or report medicine shortages or pricing issues via the CPNI’s
Medicine Shortage Reporter

Many thanks

Ennis

SENT ON BEHALF OF 
Ennis Shields
Governance & Support Pharmacist

Friday 14th May 2021

Dear Colleague

Cyber attacks: Early Warning Service launched

Further to previous CPNI Contractor Updates in relation to Cyber-security security which can be accessed here, and reports in the news today of a cyber-attack on the IT systems used by the Health Service Executive in the Republic of Ireland, please find here additional information on the Early Warning Service released today by the Police Service of Northern Ireland Cyber Crime Centre

Action

Contractors are advised to:

Contractors are reminded that the storage and back up of patient sensitive data and any amendments to your systems should only be carried out in line with advice from your IT or email supplier, PMR system provider and in line with Data Protection legislation

CPNI and police cyber security colleagues, as well as your IT systems providers, will continue to support you in these matters

Kind regards
Mike

SENT ON BEHALF OF
Prof. Mike Mawhinney 
Head of Regulatory Affairs