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Dear Colleague

REMINDER OF GUIDANCE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF REPEAT PRESCRIPTION REQUESTS

Please find attached for your attention, correspondence from Joe Brogan, Assistant Director of Integrated Care, Head of Pharmacy and Medicines Management, Dr Margaret O’Brien, Assistant Director of Integrated Care, Head of General Medical Services (GMS), Gerard Greene, Chief Executive CPNI, Dr Alan Stout, Chair of Northern Ireland General Practitioners Committee (NIGPC) and Dr Laurence Dorman, RCGPNI Chair.

Please do not hesitate to contact your local HSCB office, details included below, should you require any further information or clarification.  

Yours sincerely

SENT FOR AND BEHALF OF GERARD GREENE | Chief Executive

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Dear Colleague

PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICE IMPROVEMENT TRAINING

Please find attached flyer in relation to training in Palliative Care.

Please note this is open to all Community Pharmacists in all localities.

Yours sincerely

SENT FOR AND BEHALF OF GERARD GREENE | Chief Executive

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REMINDER CPNI COVID-19 CU#151 ECHO Session *** Tonight at 7:30pm ***

Dear Colleague,

Please note, an additional 15 minutes has been added to the agenda to allow a short update on Smoking Cessation delivered by Colette Rogers Head of Health and Social Wellbeing Improvement (south) Regional Strategic Lead for Tobacco Control.

See amended agenda (attached).

Yours sincerely

SENT FOR AND BEHALF OF GERARD GREENE | Chief Executive

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Dear Colleague,

Further concessionary prices have been granted for November 2020:

Drug Pack Size Concessionary Price
Desmopressin 10micrograms/dose nasal spray 60 dose £22.81
Docusate 100mg capsules 30 £3.20
Olmesartan medoxomil 40mg tablets 28 £3.46
Prochlorperazine 5mg tablets 28 £1.49
Senna 7.5mg tablets 60 £2.76
Sulfasalazine 500mg tablets 112 £6.88

Kind regards,

Gareth

SENT FOR AND BEHALF OF GARETH C. GILVARY | Governance & Support Pharmacist

Dear Colleague,

Weekly Alert Summary

Weekly Summary 20.11.2020
Northern Ireland Medicines Management Specials Supplement Nov 2020   See CPNI Contractor Update 201118A    
Northern Ireland Medicines Management Newsletter Nov 2020   Naproxen EC to Plain Switch could save £0.6 million; FreeStyle Libre® 2 Sensor; Safety Lancets; Building the Community-Pharmacy Partnership Programme; NICE Guidance — NI Service Notifications; Managed Entry Decisions  
REMINDER SUSPENSION OF PLANNED PRIADEL® TABLETS DISCONTINUATION 12th October 2020   Healthcare professionals are asked to reassure patients that it is not necessary to switch from their Priadel® tablets to an alternative lithium carbonate preparation at this time, as there are no plans to discontinue Priadel® tablets.  
Drug alerts available here:   BSO Communications (Drug Alerts)
Shortages Information available here: BSO Shortages Information

Pharmacy team(s) can keep updated with drug information, alerts and shortages information via CPNI’s contractor calendar here or via the BSO website here.

Please bring this to the attention of your pharmacy team(s).

Kind regards,

Kerry

Sent on behalf of Kerry Grimes | Governance & Support Pharmacist