Please find below an urgent communication sent on behalf of Mrs Cathy Harrison, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer to all Community Pharmacy Teams
Dear Colleague
I know that many of you are anxious about when you will be offered the Covid-19 vaccine and I am writing to provide you with reassurance that community pharmacy staff will be among the first people in Northern Ireland to be vaccinated. From early in the New Year the health and social care workers’ vaccination programme will be open to all eligible workers in Trusts and the independent sector including in our pharmacies. Providing the vaccine on this scale will be as a huge logistical operation and plans are being developed to enable staff to book an appointment to receive the vaccine at one of the 7 Trust run vaccination sites. Further details on how staff can book their appointment to receive the vaccine will be released shortly.
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued dedication to the service of your communities and to reassure you again that you will have access to the vaccine soon.
Kindest regards
Cathy
Mrs Cathy Harrison Chief Pharmaceutical Officer Department of Health Castle Buildings Stormont Belfast BT4 3SQ
Please continue to notify CPNI of any pricing issues you are experiencing via our new Medicine Shortage Reporter.
Please bring this to the attention of your pharmacy team(s).
Kind regards and stay safe.
SENT ON BEHALF OF GARETH C. GILVARY | Governance & Support Pharmacist
Dear Contractor
The Department of Health has written out to contractors outlining the position in respect of the opening arrangements for community pharmacies in light of the additional COVID restrictions here.
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Contractors are asked to note the content of the letter and the exemptions relating to community pharmacy, and ensure that they are working in line with legal requirements.
CPNI colleagues will keep you updated with any further developments.
Yours sincerely
Mike
Sent on behalf of Prof Mike Mawhinney | Head of Regulatory Affairs
Over the Christmas and New Year period, phone lines in Annadale will be manned as far as possible with the available resources.
Where contractors do not get a response to a phone call, an email can be forwarded to one of the addresses below giving a short outline of the issue and a contact number and we will get back to you as soon as we can. It would be helpful if the email would indicate whether the query is urgent or not.
SENT ON BEHALF OF DR. VANESSA CHAMBERS | Head of Policy & Development
*** URGENT COMMUNICATION FROM HSCB ***
HSCB has been notified of 2 missing private prescriptions (PCD1) issued by Dr Jennifer Doherty, Kingsbridge Private Hospital, Belfast and dated 9/12/2020, which order Ritalin 10mg tablets in quantities of 168 and 336 tablets respectively.
If you have been presented with a prescription which you are concerned about, please contact Kingsbridge at 028 9066 7878 (or Anthony McKenna, Kingsbridge Hospital Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer on 07706820773) to confirm the validity of the prescription.
Yours sincerely
Vanessa
SENT ON BEHALF OF DR. VANESSA CHAMBERS | Head of Policy & Development
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