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Dear Colleague
The following concessionary prices have been granted for September 2021:
DrugPack SizeConcessionary Price
Etoricoxib 90mg tablets28£6.77
Hypromellose 0.5% eye drops10£1.17
Indoramin 20mg tablets60£59.99
Lamotrigine 5mg dispersible tablets sugar free28£8.19
Metformin 500mg/5ml oral solution sugar free150£40.48
Methocarbamol 750mg tablets100£12.99
Naftidrofuryl 100mg capsules84£8.10
Pioglitazone 45mg tablets28£3.42
Prochlorperazine 5mg tablets28£1.65
Ropinirole 1mg tablets84£56.71
Timolol 0.5% eye drops5£4.58
Trazodone 100mg capsules56£3.64

This is the final update of concessionary prices for September 2021.

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

Dear Contractor
Please find attached HERE correspondence notifying of changes to the COVID-19 Pharmacy Collect NI Lateral Flow Test eForm and submissions for payment from HSCB Pharmacy & Medicines Management team.

SUMMARY

  • Since the launch of  ‘Pharmacy Collect NI’ on the 1 September 2021, over 40,000 LFD test kits have been supplied to service users.
  • In response to contractor feedback, HSCB have worked with DHSC, DH and CPNI colleagues to agree a change to the current Pharmacy Collect NI eForm and therefore, how data is submitted to BSO for payment.
  • Currently, pharmacy contractors must complete and submit one eForm for each individual transaction they make when supplying LFD test kit(s) to service users.
  • The purpose of this email is to advise that from 1 October 2021, pharmacy contractors will be asked to submit just one eForm per week. 

ACTION

  • Contractors are advised to review the attached correspondence.
  • Contractors are asked to note the upcoming key dates:
    • 30 September 2021: This is the last day that contractors should complete and submit eForms for individual transactions.
    • 11 October 2021: Contractors should submit their first submission under the new system. Please note for this first submission only, 10 days of data will be submitted for transactions made on 1-10 October 2021. If any transactions made prior to or on 30 September miss the cut-off, please add these to this first 10 day submission.
    • Starting 18 October 2021, once-weekly submissions will be made each Monday for the preceding 7 days. 
  • Please do not hesitate to contact local HSCB offices or CPNI should you require additional information or assistance.

Kind regards

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

Dear Contractor
Please find correspondence HERE regarding the Provision of Thawed Moderna Vaccine Service, from Kathryn Turner, Pharmacy Lead Health and Social Care Board.
 FAO of pharmacies that submitted an expression of interest in providing the COVID-19 community pharmacy vaccination service. Your pharmacy has been selected to be part of the deployment of the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine.

SUMMARY

  • The Moderna vaccine will be delivered to pharmacies having been thawed by Movianto to meet any orders by community pharmacies. The vaccine will be supplied by Movianto at a temperature range of 2-8C.
  • The vaccine will have an expiry date labelled 30 days from the initiation of its defrosting.
    • The date should be carefully noted on receipt as 3-5 days will have been used of the thawed shelf life of the vaccine during thaw and delivery processes
  • Please find enclosed a service contract to be completed and returned by email. The contract needs to be submitted to engage in this service. Also enclosed for information are: The updated Service Specification and the PGD.
  • The setup fee to be paid to CPs entering this contracted service will be £250. Additionally a supplementary ‘Evergreening payment’ of £250, will be made to CPs to acknowledge the extension of the CPVS COVID-19 vaccination service, which will continue through to March 2022.
  • Pharmacies who will offer COVID-19 Moderna Vaccine under this service will have their contact details automatically transferred onto the new Moderna interactive map but any who do not wish for their details to be included should contact their local HSCB office to record this.

ACTION

  • Contractors are asked to review the correspondence.
  • Contractors are asked to review the additional relevant documentation:
  • For those wishing to participate in this service, please return by email your completed contract to your local office contact by 5pm today, Wednesday 29 September 2021. 

Kind regards

SENT ON BEHALF OF
GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive

Dear Colleague
I write to provide updated information to assist contractors and pharmacy team members using the SimplyBook.Me (SBM) Vaccine Booking Systems (VBS) for Vaccination Services.

An Updated User Guide has been produced to includes guidance on how to add new vaccine types (e.g., COVID-19 booster and flu vaccine) on the booking form. All Pharmacy staff involved in the set-up and on-going use of the SBM VBS for COVID-19 and Flu vaccination services should be familiar with the contents of the manual and the SBM VBS platform.

CPNI will continue to provide you with resources and assistance in relation to the Community Pharmacy COVID Vaccination Service and the SimplyBook.Me Vaccine Booking system.

Please do not hesitate to contact Simply Book Me or CPNI offices should you require additional information or assistance.

Kind regards

SENT ON BEHALF OF 
GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive

Dear Contractor
Further to yesterday’s CPNI Contractor Update, please find correspondence HERE regarding the Community Pharmacy Seasonal Flu Vaccination (CPFV) Service for 2021/2022, from Kathryn Turner, Pharmacy Lead Health and Social Care Board.

SUMMARY

  • Community pharmacies will support the Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Programme
    by offering the influenza vaccine to:
    • All adults aged 50 years and over and
    • Health and Social Care Workers (HSCWs) aged 16 years and over.
  • The service specification is now available at the CPFV webpage. The PGD is being finalised and will be made available as soon as possible.
  • Community pharmacies will be notified when influenza vaccine orders can be placed with Movianto. Quotas on orders will be applied across ALL providers this year from the outset of the campaign.
  • This year all patients vaccinated as part of the CPFV service must be recorded on the regional Vaccine Management System (VMS).
  • For the Seasonal Influenza Vaccination (CPFV) Service in 2021/22, payment will be £9.92 per administered dose of vaccine plus a £250 fee for set up including any associated costs. Any additional costs associated with the delivery of the programme remain under review. The fee payable for service provision will be processed by the BSO on recording of a vaccination record on VMS.

ACTION

Kind regards

SENT ON BEHALF OF
GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive

Dear Colleague
Please find attached HERE correspondence from Kathryn Turner, Pharmacy Lead Health and Social Care Board.

SUMMARY

  • The vaccination protocols for AstraZeneca and Moderna COVID-19 vaccinations within the Community Pharmacy Vaccination Service have been suspended as of 27 September 2021.
  • This is due to recent JCVI updates that have not been included in the current versions that are available for use thus making them outdated.
  • The PGDs for both vaccines are up to date and are available for use.

ACTION

Contractors are advised to:

  1. Review the attached correspondence.
  2. If you have been working under a vaccination protocol, please review your procedures in light of this suspension.

Kind regards

SENT ON BEHALF OF
GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive