Archives: Contractor Email

REMINDER: For the attention of Community Pharmacies involved in Rota Service.
Dear Contractor,

CPNI is asking those pharmacies involved in rota service to complete this data collection form.

Please return the form via email to the CPNI office  (info@communitypharmacyni.co.uk) each time you complete a rota session.

CPNI will use the information gathered to help inform rota services going forward.

Your assistance with this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,

SENT ON BEHALF OF
GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive
This update contains important information for community pharmacy teams.

CPNI ALERTS

DOH(NI) ALERTS

BSO ALERTS

NICPLD HIV AWARENESS WEBINAR
To support pharmacy teams delivering the Living Well Campaign ‘Looking after your sexual health’, NICPLD are hosting a HIV awareness webinar on Monday 28th October 2024 from 7-9pm.
The webinar is being delivered by the Health Improvement team at BHSCT, to help pharmacy teams to increase their awareness and understanding of HIV.
To register for the training please click here.
Pharmacy team(s) can keep updated via CPNI’s Contractor Calendar and Contractor Emails.
Or report medicine shortages, pricing and staffing issues via CPNI’s Medicine Shortage Reporter and Situation Reporter.
Please bring this to the attention of your pharmacy team(s).

Kind regards

SENT ON BEHALF OF
Gerard Greene
Chief Executive

Dear Colleague

The following concessionary prices granted in September 2024 have rolled over to October 2024:
DrugPack SizeConcessionary Price
Carbimazole 5mg tablets100£1.98
Hydroxocobalamin 1mg/1ml solution
for injection ampoules		5£11.75
Propantheline bromide 15mg tablets112£103.50
Concessionary prices will be paid against the usual code, no additional endorsements are needed.
Please continue to notify CPNI of any pricing issues you are experiencing via our Medicine Shortage Reporter.

Concessionary prices are also published on the CPNI website.

Kind regards

SENT ON BEHALF OF
GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive
For the attention of Community Pharmacies providing the Autumn 2024 COVID-19 Community Pharmacy Vaccine Service
Dear Colleague

Kind regards

SENT ON BEHALF OF
GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive
**FOR THE ATTENTION OF PHARMACY COLLECT NI (LFD DISTRIBUTION) PHARMACIES ONLY**
Dear Contractor
In July 2024, correspondence was issued by SPPG providing an update on new LFD stock to be used in the Pharmacy Collect NI service.
Further correspondence has since been issued by SPPG on 2nd October 2024 highlighting a number of points which have arisen following recent post payment checks by BSO.

SUMMARY

  • Regarding the supply of LFD tests, contractors are reminded to supply:
    • 3 Hotgen sachets per transaction for non-care home residents.
    • 20 Hotgen sachets per transaction for care home requests.
  • Payment of the service is £1.50 per transaction rather than per test supplied. The current specification requires either 3 or 20 tests to be supplied per transaction.
  • Contractors are reminded to submit the eform to BSO once weekly on a Monday detailing the number of transactions carried out on the preceding 7 days.
  • Contractors should keep a record of the number of transactions completed for verification against BSO payments.
  • Details of the LFD distribution can be found in the service specification on the BSO website, and all staff involved in LFD distribution should be fully trained of the current processes and any updates received by SPPG.

ACTION

  • Contractors are requested to review the correspondence issued by SPPG regarding the Pharmacy Collect NI LFD Distribution Service and share with all relevant members of the team.
  • Queries regarding the LFD distribution can be directed to local primary care offices.

Kind regards

SENT ON BEHALF OF
GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive

Dear colleague,

Do you have a story to share about the value of Community Pharmacy?

If so, we’d like to hear from you.

We are gathering a bank of PR stories to show the benefit and value of community pharmacy to local communities, demonstrating ways in which the network provides access to high quality healthcare expertise and advice close to home, without the need for an appointment.

This might be a specific service (e.g. Pharmacy First, Emergency Supply, vaccinations), or a health intervention that you or one of your team made in an emergency/non-emergency type situation.

One previous example was on noticing a change in a patient’s behaviour, and after discussing this with the patient, their community pharmacist signposted them onto the relevant health professional, subsequently the patient received a dementia diagnosis. The patient was extremely thankful that they were able to access specialist care at an early stage and went on to acknowledge just how important the pharmacist’s intervention was during a radio show featuring dementia.

If you have some examples no matter how minor you may feel they are, please complete this form and return to judea@communitypharmacyni.co.uk or if you would like to discuss some potential examples, please do get in touch.

Thank you in advance.

Kind regards,

Jude

SENT ON BEHALF OF
JUDE AUSTIN 
Communications Manager