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:
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
Dear Colleague
The following concessionary prices have been granted for April 2021:
| Drug | Pack Size | Price |
| Chlorpromazine 50mg tablets | 28 | £16.50 |
| Eplerenone 25mg tablets | 28 | £12.00 |
| Etoricoxib 60mg tablets | 28 | £16.24 |
| Lamotrigine 100mg tablets | 56 | £5.14 |
| Lamotrigine 50mg tablets | 56 | £4.50 |
| Olmesartan medoxomil 10mg tablets | 28 | £8.85 |
| Pregabalin 100mg capsules | 84 | £6.99 |
| Pregabalin 50mg capsules | 84 | £6.28 |
| Pregabalin 75mg capsules | 56 | £5.22 |
| Sulfasalazine 500mg gastro-resistant tablets | 112 | £21.20 |
| Sulfasalazine 500mg tablets | 112 | £18.80 |
| Trimethoprim 50mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free | 100ml | £12.50 |
| Zonisamide 100mg capsules | 56 | £52.49 |
This is the 1st update of concessionary prices for April 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
This update contains important information for community pharmacy teams, including details of the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dear Colleague
In today’s update:
BSO ALERTS
CPNI ALERTS
DoH ALERTS
HSCB ALERTS
Please bring this to the attention of your pharmacy team(s).
Pharmacy team(s) can keep updated via CPNI’s
Or report medicine shortages or pricing issues via the CPNI’s
Many thanks, stay safe – Gareth
SENT ON BEHALF OF
DR. GARETH C. GILVARY
Governance & Support Pharmacist
