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This update contains important information for community pharmacy teams.

CPNI ALERTS

DOH(NI) ALERTS

BSO ALERTS

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 Contractor
Correspondence regarding the Living Well service has been issued by SPPG 8th February 2024 and can be accessed 
here.

SUMMARY

  • SPPG and PHA have issued an invite to community pharmacists that provide the Living Well service to participate in a focus group.
  • The focus group will give community pharmacists an opportunity to discuss what works well, what challenges are experienced, and to give suggestions for potential improvement to the service.

ACTION

  • Contractors who provide the Living Well Service should read the correspondence issued by SPPG 8th February 2024.
  • Those pharmacists who wish to be involved in the focus group on 22nd February 2024 should confirm their attendance by completing the Microsoft Form provided by SPPG by 20th February 2024.
  • Please share this information with all relevant team members.
  • For any queries in relation to the Living Well Community Pharmacy service, please contact Pharmacy Adviser, katie.blair@hscni.net.

Kind regards

SENT ON BEHALF OF
GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive

Dear Contractor,

Contractors confirmed at last night’s contractor meeting that the funding difficulties are impacting on their ability to honour wholesaler commitments.

Contractors agreed that they would all write to the Health Minister, elected representatives and health service officials to advise that they are unable to pay medicine bills and that they cannot guarantee that medicines supply to patients will continue.

To assist you, a briefing is available here that provides:

  1. pointers for your letter and 
  2. the relevant contact email addresses for the political representatives and health service officials.

As mentioned at the contractor meeting Gordon’s chemists [here] and O’Kane’s Pharmacy Draperstown [here] have already written to officials and they are content that CPNI shares their letters with you for your reference.

The pointers in the briefing are provided to illustrate aspects that you can include/exclude as appropriate – your letter can be as short or long as you feel is appropriate.

Can I ask that office@communitypharmacyni.co.uk is copied in on the letter you send?

Please do not hesitate to contact CPNI offices or your local CPNI representative should you require any additional information.

Yours sincerely,

SENT ON BEHALF OF
GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive
R E M I N D E R

Dear Contractor

I write to confirm that a contractor meeting will take place on Tuesday 6 February 2024 at 8pm in the Dunsilly Hotel, 20 Dunsilly Road, Antrim, BT41 2JH.

This will be an ‘in-person’ only meeting and an important update will be provided on a range of current matters.

CPNI remains concerned, despite the imminent restoration of the Northern Ireland Assembly, that health service officials do not recognise the extent of the funding challenges being experienced by community pharmacy owners here.

I would encourage you all to attend this meeting.

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

MHRA UPDATE

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 January 2024 have rolled over to February 2024:
DrugPack SizeConcessionary Price
Baclofen 10mg tablets84£1.99
Benzydamine 0.15% mouthwash sugar free300£4.79
Carbocisteine 250mg/5ml oral solution300£7.49
Co-careldopa 12.5mg/50mg tablets90£4.26
Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules28£2.41
Lansoprazole 30mg gastro-resistant capsules28£1.30
Pregabalin 200mg capsules84£3.18
Primidone 250mg tablets100£85.97
Prochlorperazine 3mg buccal tablets50£8.90

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