PSNC and the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) attended a meeting of the World Pharmacy Council (WPC) last month to discuss developments and innovations in the profession. As part of its annual meeting, WPC representatives from countries including Denmark, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, US and the UK all gave updates on how pharmacy is
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More than 1.2 million consultations a week – or 65 million a year – are now being carried out by community pharmacy teams in England, according to PSNC’s 2022 Pharmacy Advice Audit. This is an increase from 2021, when the audit results suggested that in total pharmacies were providing 58 million consultations per year. PSNC
Read morePharmacy contractors are reminded that, from July 2022 (for the dispensing month of June 2022), all new prescription returns/referred back items and disallowed items will be received through the Manage Your Services (MYS) portal and MYS will be the only route available to view and submit required information for all these items. From July 2022,
Read moreMPs from across the political spectrum called for increased funding for community pharmacy in a parliamentary debate held yesterday (21st June), on the future of community pharmacies. Peter Dowd, MP for Bootle and member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Pharmacy, secured the debate in Westminster Hall, which is Parliament’s second debate chamber. This followed work by PSNC and
Read moreThe Review Steering Group (RSG) has announced that the thresholds for its contactor vote on the future of PSNC and the LPCs have been met. The RSG reports that 68.3% of the sector (contractors representing 7,601 ODS Codes) took part in the vote, and that 88.6% of those voting (6,732 votes) did so in support
Read moreWe are pleased to welcome visitors to a new and improved PSNC website. Following a period of user testing, our new website has now fully launched. The different teams across PSNC, as well as LPCs (via the PSNC/LPC website working group), significantly contributed to the process of designing and building the new site. Key improvements
Read moreFollowing the Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) announcement of three new Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) for Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) medicines, PSNC has created a briefing titled ‘HRT Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) FAQs‘ to help pharmacists understand the requirements of these SSPs. In addition, to support pharmacy teams, PSNC has also put together some helpful
Read moreCommunity pharmacy representatives have attended a Government meeting about disruptions to the supply of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) medicines. Following growing public concern about obtaining HRT drugs, Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid convened a round table discussion with key stakeholders across the supply chain, including community pharmacy. Manufacturers and suppliers of a range
Read moreNHS Prescription Services produces a quarterly newsletter called “Hints & Tips for dispensing contractors”. The latest edition (Issue 47) contains some useful information and advice on: The new NHS Profile ManagerRequest for feedback on the Drug TariffMYS system downtimeHow to avoid refer backsA reminder to submit FP34C claims on time To view current and previous
Read moreFollowing our previous announcement that the NHS prescription charge would not be uplifted on 1st April 2022, the Department of Health and Social Care has now announced that NHS prescription charges in England will remain frozen for the rest of 2022/23. This is the first time in 12 years that the charge has not increased.
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