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Dear Colleague
Please find correspondence HERE from Kathryn Turner, Pharmacy Lead, Health and Social Care Board.

SUMMARY

  • We understand that due to the pandemic it may not have been possible for many pharmacies to have completed the care home visit by the end of March 2022. Therefore, the time period for completion of the visit has been extended to the end of April 2022.
  • To better inform the service moving forward and to understand the current position in relation to the number of care home visits completed or scheduled, community pharmacists are invited to participate in a data collection survey for a period of one week, today Monday 7 March 2022 until Sunday 13 March 2022.

ACTION

  • Contractors are asked to review the correspondence.
  • From today Monday 7 March 2022 unitl Sunday 13 March 2022, community pharmacists are invited to capture the following data:
    • For all contracted care homes record the number of phone calls, regarding any care home resident, received from or made to:
      • GP Practice
      • Health Care Professional
      • Trust staff
      • Care Home staff
    • Activity in relation to sourcing a specific medicine for a care home resident.
    • Do not record data in relation to the dispensing or supply of medicines to care home residents e.g. collection or delivery of prescriptions.
  • Instructions for completion of the survey can be found HERE.
  • If you have any queries in relation to the completion of the survey please contact your local HSCB office.
  • Please do not hesitate to contact the CPNI office should you require any further information.

Kind regards

SENT ON BEHALF OF
GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive
Dear Colleague
Please find correspondence HERE from Kathryn Turner, Pharmacy Lead, Health and Social Care Board. 

SUMMARY

  • We understand that due to the pandemic it may not have been possible for many pharmacies to have completed the care home visit by the end of March 2022. Therefore, the time period for completion of the visit has been extended to the end of April 2022.
  • To better inform the service moving forward and to understand the current position in relation to the number of care home visits completed or scheduled, community pharmacists are invited to participate in a data collection survey for a period of one week, Monday 7 March 2022 until Sunday 13 March 2022.

ACTION

  • Contractors are asked to review the correspondence.
  • From Monday 7 March 2022 unitl Sunday 13 March 2022, community pharmacists are invited to capture the following data:
    • For all contracted care homes record the number of phone calls, regarding any care home resident, received from or made to:
      • GP Practice
      • Health Care Professional
      • Trust staff
      • Care Home staff
    • Activity in relation to sourcing a specific medicine for a care home resident.
    • Do not record data in relation to the dispensing or supply of medicines to care home residents e.g. collection or delivery of prescriptions.
  • Instructions for completion of the survey can be found HERE.
  • If you have any queries in relation to the completion of the survey please contact your local HSCB office.
  • Please do not hesitate to contact the CPNI office should you require any further information.

Kind regards

SENT ON BEHALF OF
GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive

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Kind regards

SENT ON BEHALF OF 
DR. GARETH C. GILVARY
Governance & Support Pharmacist
Dear Colleague
Please find correspondence HERE from Kathryn Turner, Pharmacy Lead, HSCB.

SUMMARY

  • Additional funding is available for community pharmacies in relation to dedicated COVID-19 vaccination clinics during February and March 2022. The following options are available:
    • Provide clinic(s) in current Pharmacy premises outside of normal commercial
      opening hours
    • Provide clinic(s) at an off-site location (non-pharmacy) premises at any time
  • Funding of £200 per eligible vaccination clinic is available.
  • The following eligibility criteria apply:
    • February clinics must have operated for a minimum of 2 hours
    • March clinics must operate for a minimum of 2 hours and have a minimum of 10 patients booked for vaccination. The HSCB will honour payment for those clinics where patients do not attend, and where vaccinations are subsequently administered to less than 10 patients.

ACTION

  • Contractors and pharmacists involved in the provision of this service are asked to review the correspondence.
  • If you wish to claim this funding, please complete the attached claim form and return to your local Integrated Care office.
  • Please do not hesitate to contact the CPNI office should you require any further information.

Kind regards

SENT ON BEHALF OF
GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive
Dear Colleague
Please find correspondence HERE from Kathryn Turner, Pharmacy Lead, Health and Social Care Board.

SUMMARY

  • The Community Pharmacy Emergency Supply during a Pandemic Service commenced on Monday 6 April 2020.
  • Approximately 9,500 items are supplied each month, via the service, to patients in Northern Ireland.
  • As we move out of the current phase of the pandemic, the HSCB will be seeking to commission a routine Community Pharmacy Emergency Supply Service.
  • To better inform the transition to routine service, HSCB in conjunction with CPNI, are inviting community pharmacists to participate in a data collection survey for a period of one week. The collection form can be found HERE.
  • A newsletter supplement highlighting some of the learning identified has been developed and is available HERE.

ACTION

  • Contractors are asked to review the correspondence.
  • From Monday 28 February 2022 until Sunday 6 March 2022, community pharmacists are invited to capture  data for all patients who are requesting an emergency supply.
  • If you have any queries in relation to the completion of the survey please contact your local HSCB office.
  • Please do not hesitate to contact the CPNI office should you require any further information.

Kind regards

SENT ON BEHALF OF
GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive
Dear Colleague
Please find correspondence HERE from Joe Brogan, Assistant Director of Integrated Care, Head of Pharmacy and Medicines Management.

SUMMARY

  • HSCB is seeking completion of the Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework (CPAF) declaration form for your pharmacy, for the 2021/2022 year.
  • The aim and purpose of the framework is to monitor compliance with Terms of Service, service specifications, related professional standards and best practice guidance.
  • HSCB has recently worked with CPNI to review, update and agree the Assurance framework for the 2021/22 year.
  • A payment of £1200 will be made to each pharmacy, upon return of the completed declaration, for compliance with the CPAF process in 2021/22.

ACTION

  • Contractors are asked to review the correspondence.
  • Complete and return the individual prepopulated declaration form which you will have received by secure email. Please submit a return for each pharmacy you operate, to your local HSCB office via email today, Monday 28 February 2022.
  • You are also required to submit a copy of your practice leaflet and complaints procedure.
  • CPNI have produced a guidance document and resources to support you with this submission, including a template practice leaflet, available on CPNI’s website HERE.
  • Please do not hesitate to contact your local Local Integrated Care Offices or the CPNI office should you require any further information.

Kind regards

SENT ON BEHALF OF
GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive