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Dear Colleague

The following concessionary prices have been granted for March 2021:

DrugPack SizePrice
Etoricoxib 60mg tablets28£14.54
Etoricoxib 90mg tablets28£17.99
Lamotrigine 200mg tablets56£5.26
Naftidrofuryl 100mg capsules84£7.85
Pregabalin 150mg capsules56£3.70
Pregabalin 300mg capsules56£6.67
Repaglinide 1mg tablets90£11.76
Repaglinide 2mg tablets90£11.76
Sulfasalazine 500mg gastro-resistant tablets112£19.30
Sulfasalazine 500mg tablets112£17.23
Trimethoprim 100mg tablets28£2.23
Trimethoprim 200mg tablets6£1.83
Trimethoprim 200mg tablets14£4.26
Venlafaxine 75mg modified-release tablets30£4.50

This is the 3rd Final Update of concessionary prices for March 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.

Kinds regards, stay safe – Gareth

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

Dear Contractor

As you will be aware, CPNI has been updating you on measures that contractors could take to upgrade the security of sensitive data held in community pharmacies.

The latest information sheet from the Cyber Crime Centre highlights a new service on offer to local organisations.

The Cyber Action Plan is a service aimed at Micro Businesses (those with under 10 employees) and will provide a personalised list of actions designed to help improve your cyber security.  It involves you responding to a series of questions which will then prompt a tailor-made action plan for your business.

This takes only a few minutes, could enhance greatly your cyber security and can be accessed via this link.

ACTION

Contractors are advised to:

  1. Note previous CPNI correspondence on cyber security; and
  2. Consider using the Cyber Action Plan tool attached.

Contractors are reminded that the storage and back up of patient sensitive data, and any amendments to your systems, should only be carried out in line with advice from your IT or email supplier, PMR system provider and in line with Data Protection legislation.

CPNI colleagues will continue to keep you up to date on cyber security matters.

Regards – Mike

SENT ON BEHALF OF Prof. Mike Mawhinney 
Head of Regulatory Affairs

Dear Colleague

We’ve been notified that SimplyBook.Me had to carry out some e-site maintenance yesterday.

In the event that you have already carried out the necessary changes to your pharmacies’ address details, opening hours and booking calendars, (as advised in Tuesdays CPNI CU#194) and your booking platform has been made available online you may need to reactivate your pharmacies on your group VBS system.

To do this, and to add the pharmacy locations to the geolocation widget for your group, please navigate to Marketing suite (left side menu) // Settings // Add company to the Booking page.

Please note – you are advised to not make your VBS available online at this point unless you have made the necessary premises address, booking calendar & opening hours amendments.

Please do not hesitate to contact CPNI offices should you require any additional information at this stage. 

Kind regards

SENT ON BEHALF OF GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive

Reminder Contractor Meeting for Pharmacy Teams using the SimplyBook.Me (SBM) Vaccine Booking System (VBS) – Tuesday 30 March @ 7.30pm, via Zoom

Dear Colleague

We remind you that CPNI are holding a Contractor meeting tonight Tuesday 30 March 2021 via Zoom to provide you and your teams with important pharmacy user information about your SimplyBook.Me online Vaccine Booking System.

ZOOM login details are as follows: 

I look forward to seeing many of you this evening.

Please do not hesitate to contact CPNI offices should you require any additional information at this stage. 

Kind regards

SENT ON BEHALF OF GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive

Dear Colleague

Please find for your attention, correspondence from HSCB.

Please see attached user guides in relation to Multifactor Authentication for access to VMS.

  1. Accessing VMS using MS Authenticator App
  2. Accessing VMS using WinOTP Authenticator App
  3. Accessing VMS using phone authenticator
  4. Accessing VMS – dealing with common set-up and sign-in errors

These should be read in conjunction with CPNI CU#195 that was issued earlier yesterday.

The user guides are also available online HERE.

Please do not start using VMS to pre-record patient details and record vaccinations until tomorrow, Wednesday 31 March 2021.

If you have any queries, please contact your Local Integrated Care Office.

Kind regards – Vanessa

SENT ON BEHALF OF Dr. Vanessa Chambers
Head of Policy and Development

Dear Colleague

Please find for your attention, correspondence from Kathryn Turner, Pharmacy Lead, HSCB.

Contractors are advised to read this carefully and take the appropriate steps to start to set up the link to the Vaccine Management System (VMS) which is expected to be up and running by Wednesday 31 March 2021.

VMS is the central database used by all COVID-19 vaccination providers and it is important it contains accurate, up to date information. As soon as VMS can be accessed by pharmacies it is important to log any patients who have either booked an appointment or already been vaccinated in your pharmacy.

If you plan to provide vaccinations before the VMS can be accessed, please use alternative methods of recording in the interim, a paper vaccination record is available HERE from the BSO website. All vaccination activity should be added retrospectively as soon as VMS is accessible. 

Kind regards – Vanessa

SENT ON BEHALF OF Dr. Vanessa Chambers
Head of Policy and Development