Please bring this to the attention of your pharmacy team(s).
Kind regards
SENT ON BEHALF OF DR. GARETH C. GILVARY Governance & Support Pharmacist
Dear Contractor
Please see attached correspondence from the Strategic Planning and Performance Group outlining the Community Pharmacy COVID-19 Vaccination Service (COVID-CPVS) 2023.
SUMMARY
The SPPG is offering all contractors the opportunity to participate in the the spring vaccination programme on submission of a signed contract.
The regional spring COVID-19 programme will officially begin on 12 April 2023, however contractors may proceed to vaccinate as soon as they have received deliveries of COVID-19 vaccine, provided that Patient Group Directions (PGDs) are in place and all the necessary documentation has been completed.
Community pharmacies will support the COVID-CPVS by offering the COVID-19 booster vaccine to those aged 18 years and above in the following eligible groups:
Comirnaty Original/Omicron BA.4-5 (15/15 micrograms)/dose dispersion for injection COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine (nucleoside modified) will be used for spring doses.
In addition to the spring boosters, the following vaccinations are included in the service:
First booster vaccinations after completion of Primary Schedule.
Primary Schedule vaccinations (1st, 2nd and 3rd) Primary doses.
Community pharmacies can place orders for Comirnaty with Movianto.
Those pharmacies vaccinating care homes should order vaccines from 27 March to meet care home needs.
Community pharmacies not paired with care homes may order one box of vaccines after 31 March.
All patients vaccinated as part of the COVID-CPVS must be recorded on the regional VMS.
A set-up fee of £250 will be paid to each contractor providing the Spring 2023 service.
Pharmacy contractors will be reimbursed £10.06 per administered dose of vaccine.
An additional payment of £10 per resident will also be paid in addition to the cost of service fee, for each resident vaccinated.
Tiered payments will also be made per pharmacy in spring 2023 and can be found HERE.
ACTION
Contractors should read the attached correspondence to ensure community pharmacy teams are aware of the COVID-19 Vaccination Service (COVID-CPVS) 2023.
Any provider that does not currently have access can contact Tom Coyle (tom.coyle@hscni.net) who will provide further information on setting up and accessing VMS.
Those wishing to participate in this service should return a completed contract by secure email to the local office contact by 5pm on 29 March 2023.
CPNI will provide you with further updates to the COVID-19 Vaccination Service (COVID-CPVS) 2023.
Kind regards
SENT ON BEHALF OF GERARD GREENE Chief Executive
Dear Contractor
SPPG has issued a reminder to please complete the care home pairing survey in preparation for the spring vaccination programme. Community pharmacists who are planning to vaccinate care home residents are asked complete the following short online survey.
Please note the deadline for completion of the survey has been extended to Friday 24 March 2023 at 5pm.
Note: Each contracted pharmacy should include details of any care home(s) that they will be paired with (multiple homes may be selected per contractor provider).
Remote joining facilities will be available in the event that you cannot attend the meeting in person. To join the Microsoft Team meeting click HERE or enter:
Please see attached correspondence from the Strategic Planning and Performance Group outlining the COVID-19 Spring Vaccination Programme Vaccine Product.
SUMMARY
The vaccine to be used in the CPVS spring programme is Comirnaty® Original/Omicron BA.4-5 (15/15 micrograms)/dose dispersion for injection COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine (nucleoside modified). Full details of this product can be found HERE.
The vaccine is presented as a box of 10 multidose vials containing 6 doses of 0.3 mL of vaccine. The booster and primary dose for the Comirnaty® Original/Omicron BA.4-5 vaccine is 0.3ml.
Pfizer Comirnaty® Original/Omicron BA.4-5 will be deployed into community pharmacies in two phases:
From 27 March 2023, only those community pharmacies vaccinating care homes may order stock to meet home needs.
From 31 March 2023, all other community pharmacies planning to vaccinate persons 75 years and over or persons 18years and over who are severely immunocompromised may order vaccines.
Supplies of Comirnaty® Original/Omicron BA.4-5 will be available from Movianto using the usual online ordering process. Ancillary items will also be available to order on the Movianto portal.
SPPG will send a separate communication this week including a CPVS contract offer and the service specification. The CPVS website is currently being updated.
Community pharmacies will receive delivery of thawed Comirnaty® Original/Omicron BA.4-5 which should be refrigerated immediately at 2 °C to 8 °C and must not be refrozen.
The Green Book have recommended that Comirnaty® Original/Omicron BA.4-5 for administration may be used ‘off-label’ for primary doses.
After 31 March 2023 all residual stock of Spikevax bivalent Original/Omicron BA.1 or Spikevax 0.2 mg/mL (‘original/wildtype’) vaccine should be quarantined and safely disposed of before the start of the spring programme.
ACTION
Contractors should read the attached correspondence to ensure community pharmacy teams are aware of the COVID-19 spring vaccination programme vaccine product.
CPNI will provide you with further updates to the COVID-19 Spring Vaccination Programme.
If you have any queries relating to this correspondence please contact Greg Miller (Greg.Miller@hscni.net), Bronagh Ward (Bronagh.Ward@hscni.net) or Helen Parr (Helen.Parr@hscni.net).
Kind regards
SENT ON BEHALF OF GERARD GREENE Chief Executive
Dear Contractor
Please see attached correspondence from the Strategic Planning and Performance Group outlining PPE and Pharmacy Collect Service Update and Reordering Process.
SUMMARY
Changes to Ordering LFDs for the Pharmacy Collect NI Service and PPE stock from 1 April 2023.
The Pharmacy Collect NI service is still operating and will continue to do so after 31 March 2022, and from the 1 April 2023, pharmacies can order LFDs and PPE on the same order form.
The new order form will include the option to order LFDs for the Pharmacy Collect NI service, replacing ordering from the Alliance wholesaler.
Both PPE and LFD tests can now be ordered on a weekly basis.
Resources on the BSO webpage for both PPE and Pharmacy Collect NI will be updated to reflect this change
Patient Eligibility for LFDs through Pharmacy collect NI, please note pharmacy staff do not need to check eligibility.
The DoH website is updated to reflect any changes to those eligible to obtain LFDs and pharmacy staff should refer to this if they wish to know the current situation.
Although COVID-19 testing is no longer recommended or available for most people, it continues to be recommended for some specific groups to protect those at highest risk and to support clinical care.
ACTION
Contractors should read the attached correspondence to ensure community pharmacy teams are aware of the PPE and Pharmacy Collect Service Update and Reordering Processes.
From 1 April 2023, community pharmacy teams should email the completed reorder form as an attachment by Wednesday 5pm to: pharmPPEorders@hscni.net.
Community pharmacies should continue to submit numbers of LFD transactions weekly HERE.
If contractors or community pharmacy teams have any queries please contact the BSO customer helpline 02895361301 in the first instance or your local SPPG Primary Care office.
CPNI will provide you with further updates to PPE and the Pharmacy Collect Service. If you have any queries in relation to the changes outlined in this email please contact your local Primary Care Office.
Kind regards
SENT ON BEHALF OF GERARD GREENE Chief Executive
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