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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

Dear Contractor
Further to the CPNI Contractor Update issued on 1 September 2021, and the subsequent CPNI Contractor Update issued 17 September 2021 in relation the Health and Social Care Board’s consultation on a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment, we wish to advise that the HSCB will be giving a public presentation on these proposals on Thursday, 30th September at 11.00am as per the HSCB email issued to contractors earlier today which can be found HERE.

Action:
If pharmacy contractors, or members of the public, would like to join this event to learn more about the HSCB PNA Consultation please register with HSCB by emailing your details to PNAconsultation@hscni.net.

CPNI will be advising contractors and members of the public on this issue and will be in contact with more information in due course. 

Kind regards

SENT ON BEHALF OF
GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive

Dear Contractor
Please find correspondence HERE for the attention of all Community Pharmacies Contractors from Joe Brogan, Head of Pharmacy and Medicines Management, Health and Social Care Board.

SUMMARY

  • HSCB is making available funding of up to £2,000 per community pharmacy for community pharmacies to claim to help with additional pharmacy staff costs incurred in the period July 2021 to September 2021 inclusive.
  • This Grant Funding is being made available by HSCB in recognition of the significant work force pressures and resultant increased staff costs that have been experienced in the sector during this period. 

ACTION

Kind regards

SENT ON BEHALF OF
GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive