Dear Colleague
Please find HERE correspondence from Stephen Bergin, Director of Public Health (Interim).
Kind regards
SENT ON BEHALF OF
GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive
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Dear Colleague
Please find HERE correspondence from Dr Michael McBride, Chief Medical Officer and Mrs Cathy Harrison, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer.
Kind regards
SENT ON BEHALF OF
GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive
Dear Colleague
FAO COMMUNITY PHARMACIES CONTRACTED TO PROVIDE THE LIVING WELL SERVICE 2020/21
Please find HERE correspondence from Kathryn Turner, Pharmacy Lead, HSCB and Stephen Wilson, Assistant Director of Communications and Knowledge Management, PHA.
Kind regards
SENT ON BEHALF OF
GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive
Dear Colleague
Please find HERE correspondence from Joe Brogan, Assistant Director of Integrated Care, Head of Pharmacy and Medicines Management.
From 1 May 2021, routine monitoring will resume.
Kind regards
SENT ON BEHALF OF
GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive
Dear Colleague
Further to the contractor update on Friday 16 April 2021, following discussions with CPNI, HSCB commissioned a Home Delivery Service during the COVID-19 Pandemic to deliver prescribed items to specified, eligible patients who, due to their medical condition, could not present in the pharmacy and where no other person is able to collect the item from the pharmacy and deliver it to the patient.
The service began on 1 September 2020, and having been in place for some 9 months HSCB is minded to stand down the commissioned delivery service in the near future CPNI notes the importance of this service to patients and in order to obtain critical information for consideration to be given in respect of continuing the delivery service. It has been agreed that an online survey should be undertaken by contractors and pharmacists to collect evidence of service value.
The link to the survey can be found HERE. It takes approximately 5 mins to complete and will close on 30 April 2021. We would encourage you to give the questions within the survey your full consideration, and we ask that you please bring this to the attention of your pharmacy team(s).
Kind regards – Gareth
| SENT ON BEHALF OF DR. GARETH C. GILVARY Governance & Support Pharmacist |
Dear Colleagues,
Please find below correspondence from HSCB Pharmacy & Medicines Management team.
Covid-19 Lateral Flow Tests (LFTs) will shortly be made available to primary care staff. Each community pharmacy will be able to order via an online portal. To prepare for this please register your pharmacy details here.
Individual staff members do not need to register as the tests will be delivered in bulk to the pharmacy.
The email address provided will be used to provide the pharmacy with a unique access number for the ordering system. It will also be used to provide delivery updates and related communications.
Further information will follow. Some key points in advance:
- The purpose of making LFTs available to primary care is to protect staff and ensure workforce is maintained
- Tests are not compulsory
- The tests are twice weekly, carried out at home
- A positive LFT will be confirmed by a lab CRP test before any contact tracing takes place
If you have any queries about the registration process contact your local office.
Please do not hesitate to contact CPNI offices should you require additional information or assistance.
Kinds regards, stay safe – Gareth
SENT ON BEHALF OF
DR. GARETH C. GILVARY
Governance & Support Pharmacist