Dear Colleague
Please find correspondence HERE from Joe Brogan, Head of Pharmacy and Medicines Management

SUMMARY

  • Mr Joe Brogan, HSCB wrote to all pharmacies to confirm that the commissioned and funded Community Pharmacy Home Delivery Service will end on 31 March 2022. 
  • Both HSCB and CPNI recognise the value and importance of this service being provided during the pandemic.
  • CPNI will continue to liaise with HSC officials so that proposals for the commissioning of the same or similar Home Delivery Services in the future can be developed.
  • Critical to this will be the completion and return of monthly returns stating the number of deliveries made per month, by each pharmacy, in the period December 2021 to March 2002.

ACTION

  • Contractors are asked to review the correspondence.
  • As per the service specification
    • The pharmacy contractor is required to submit a monthly return to Integrated Care detailing the number of deliveries carried out.
  • Contractors are asked to submit any outstanding returns via secure email to local offices, stating the number of deliveries made each month during the period December 2021 to March 2022 via the service.
  • Please note: There is no ‘return form’ required for this service, a secure email to your local office, stating the number of deliveries made each month during the period December 2021 to March 2022 is suffice.
  • If you have any queries 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
The second update of concessionary prices were granted for March 2022:
DrugPack SizeConcessionary Price
Aqueous cream100£0.75
Co-trimoxazole 80mg/400mg tablets28£2.10
Cyanocobalamin 50microgram tablets50£14.49
Fludrocortisone 100microgram tablets30£9.70
Isotretinoin 20mg capsules30£16.30
Lacidipine 2mg tablets28£2.95
Liothyronine 5microgram tablets28£100.94
Naftidrofuryl 100mg capsules84£8.10
Nortriptyline 10mg tablets100£1.91
Nortriptyline 25mg tablets100£1.81
Prasugrel 10mg tablets28£10.80
Pravastatin 10mg tablets28£0.99
Solifenacin 5mg tablets30£2.30
Sulfasalazine 250mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free500£94.22
Tamoxifen 10mg/5ml oral solution sugar free150£74.52
Valsartan 160mg capsules28£7.74

Concessionary prices will be paid against the usual code, no additional endorsements are needed.

Concessionary prices may be granted up until the end of the month so CPNI will notify you of any further concessionary prices as and when they are agreed.

Please continue to notify CPNI of any pricing issues you are experiencing via our new Medicine Shortage Reporter.

Concessionary prices are also published on the CPNI website.

Kind regards

SENT ON BEHALF OF
DR. GARETH C. GILVARY
Governance & Support Pharmacist

25 March 2022

BSO ALERTS 

Weekly Drug Alerts are available here.

Weekly Shortages Information is available here.

Serious Shortage Protocols are available here.

CPNI ALERTS 

HSCB ALERTS
Letter from Mr Canice Ward re MRG compliance visits to Community Pharmacies 25 March 2022
Letter from Mr Richard Pengelly re DONATIONS OF MEDICINES AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO UKRAINE 25 March 2022
Pharmacy First Service for Everyday Health Conditions 14 March 2022

Please bring this to the attention of your pharmacy team(s).

Pharmacy team(s) can keep updated via CPNI’s:
Contractor Calendar
Contractor Emails

Or report medicine shortages, pricing and staffing issues via CPNI’s:
Medicine Shortage Reporter
Situation Reporter

Kind regards

SENT ON BEHALF OF 
DR. GARETH C. GILVARY
Governance & Support Pharmacist

25 March 2022

Dear Colleague

Please find correspondence HERE which issued today from HSCB Pharmacy & Medicines Management.  The letter referred to in the correspondence is available here for your convenience.

ACTION

Contractors are asked to review the correspondence and in particular note that  MRG will resume its pre-Covid compliance activities from 1 April 2022. The Inspectors will continue to wear Personal Protective Equipment and will maintain social distancing where possible. The situation will be kept under constant review in light of the extant public health advice.

Please do not hesitate to contact the CPNI office should you require any further information.

Kind regards

Mr Gerard Greene

Chief Executive

25 March 2022

Dear Colleague

Please find correspondence HERE which issued today from HSCB Pharmacy & Medicines Management. 

The correspondence includes a link to a letter outlining plans for the COVID-19 Spring Booster Vaccination Programme.  The letter is available here for your convenience.

ACTION

  • Contractors are asked to review the correspondence noting in particular paragraphs 6, 9 and 12 which contain information relevant to those community pharmacies providing Covid vaccination services.

Please do not hesitate to contact the CPNI office should you require any further information.

Kind regards

Gerard Greene

Chief Executive

Thursday 24 March 2022

Dear Colleague

Please find correspondence HERE which issued today from HSCB Pharmacy & Medicines Management.

As the link in the email directs to the primary care intranet, the key documents are linked here for your convenience:

– SRP Phase 2 Survey
– Appendix 1

Note:  Surveys are to be returned by 31 March 2022 to: StaffRecognitionPaymentQueries@hscni.net


ACTION

  • Contractors are asked to review the correspondence.
  • Submit any relevant returns to  StaffRecognitionPaymentQueries@hscni.net by 31 March 2022

Please do not hesitate to contact the CPNI office should you require any further information.

Kind regards,

GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive