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Dear Contractor
CPNI is aware that a small number of Foundation Training Year (FTY) pharmacists who have met the criteria for registration with the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland and who have applied for their name to be entered into the register of pharmacists, have not been registered on the date which they anticipated.

Contractors are advised to bring this to the attention of any FTY pharmacist they employ and to advise them to ensure that they are appropriately registered before commencing work as a pharmacist.

Kind regards

SENT ON BEHALF OF
GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive
This update contains important information for community pharmacy teams.

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Glaucoma UK Training

CPNI have been contacted by Glaucoma UK regarding a free training programme available to pharmacy teams.  The aim of the training is to equip pharmacy staff with the skills to help patients manage their glaucoma.  The attached flyer provides further information and may be shared with relevant members of the pharmacy team.  Further information on the work of Glaucoma UK is available on their website here.

Pharmacy team(s) can keep updated via CPNI’s Contractor Calendar and Contractor Emails.
Or report medicine shortages, pricing and staffing issues via the CPNI’s Medicine Shortage Reporter and Situation Reporter.
Please bring this to the attention of your pharmacy team(s).

Kind regards

SENT ON BEHALF OF
Gerard Greene
Chief Executive
Dear Contractor,
Community pharmacy contractors providing the Living Well service will have received correspondence from SPPG on Tuesday 1st August regarding the Care in the Sun survey.  SPPG have advised CPNI that there are a number of contractors who have not yet submitted responses to other recent Living Well surveys.  In the event that a survey is not completed, SPPG may seek to recover all, or part of, the associated funding via an adjustment to the pharmacy’s BSO payment account.  Further details of the open surveys and their respective closing dates are provided for your convenience below.

SUMMARY

ACTION

  • Contractors who provide the Living Well service should note the surveys listed above and ensure that responses have been submitted.
  • Contractors are reminded to ensure they include the contractor number for the pharmacy when completing their survey.

Please contact CPNI offices should you have any queries.

Kind regards,

SENT ON BEHALF OF
GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive
Dear Contractor,
The Department of Health NI issued correspondence on 01 August 2023 regarding the Pharmacy Foundation Training Year grant for 2023/24.

SUMMARY

  • In the correspondence, the CPO confirms that this year (2023/24) the Department of Health is making a total FTY grant of £25,548 available to each contractor for each trainee pharmacist, who will be commencing their placement from July 2023.
  • This will be subject to the registration and regulatory requirements of the Pharmaceutical Society NI (PSNI) being met by trainees, educational supervisors, and employers.
  • The grant allows for a salary of £20,048 for each full-time foundation year trainee and the remaining £5,500 grant should be paid to individual contractors to include a protected employer specific funding allocation per placement to cover educational supervision and employer on-costs associated with each placement.
  • Reductions to these amounts should be made proportionately in respect of part-time placements.
  • A decision on the FTY intake and grant for 2024/25 will be made in the next year and advice will follow in respect of next year’s student placements.
  • Thanks are extended to pharmacy contractors for continuing to support the supervisors and future Pharmacists especially during this period of change and adjustment.

ACTION

  • Contractors should note the information provided in the correspondence.

Please contact CPNI offices should you have any queries.

Kind regards,

SENT ON BEHALF OF
GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive
Dear Colleague
The final update of concessionary prices were granted today for July 2023:
DrugPack SizeConcessionary Price
Aciclovir 200mg tablets25£1.76
Atorvastatin 20mg tablets28£3.38
Atorvastatin 80mg tablets28£3.45
Benzoyl peroxide 5% / Clindamycin 1% gel30£11.09
Benzoyl peroxide 5% / Clindamycin 1% gel60£21.65
Betahistine 16mg tablets84£8.92
Betahistine 8mg tablets84£3.73
Brinzolamide 10mg/ml / Timolol 5mg/ml eye drops5£8.19
Buprenorphine 8mg sublingual tablets sugar free7£4.22
Calcipotriol 0.005% / Betamethasone dipropionate 0.05% ointment30£10.67
Celecoxib 100mg capsules60£5.12
Cinacalcet 30mg tablets28£7.77
Cinnarizine 15mg tablets84£5.47
Clarithromycin 250mg/5ml oral suspension70£4.88
Co-amoxiclav 250mg/125mg tablets21£2.69
Co-amoxiclav 250mg/62mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free100£2.09
Co-careldopa 12.5mg/50mg tablets90£4.56
Codeine 30mg tablets28£1.08
Codeine 30mg tablets100£3.86
Desmopressin 200microgram tablets30£21.69
Dorzolamide 20mg/ml eye drops5£3.34
Doxycycline 100mg capsules8£1.02
Enalapril 2.5mg tablets28£8.75
Estradiol 10microgram pessaries24£10.69
Fenofibrate micronised 200mg capsules28£3.43
Flucloxacillin 250mg/5ml oral solution100£3.40
Flucloxacillin 250mg/5ml oral solution sugar free100£3.51
Fludrocortisone 100microgram tablets30£6.43
Hydralazine 25mg tablets56£4.40
Hydrocortisone 1% cream15£0.99
Itraconazole 100mg capsules15£4.27
Lansoprazole 15mg orodispersible tablets28£2.97
Letrozole 2.5mg tablets14£5.89
Mebeverine 50mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free300£214.96
Mometasone 0.1% ointment30£3.84
Morphine sulfate 10mg/1ml solution for injection ampoules10£7.49
Naftidrofuryl 100mg capsules84£10.20
Pantoprazole 40mg gastro-resistant tablets28£3.53
Paracetamol 500mg effervescent tablets100£8.80
Pregabalin 150mg capsules56£2.67
Quinine sulfate 200mg tablets28£7.87
Rizatriptan 10mg orodispersible tablets sugar free3£6.02
Sodium chloride 0.9% nebuliser liquid 2.5ml unit dose ampoules20£11.75
Tacrolimus 0.1% ointment30£19.23
Tacrolimus 0.1% ointment60£40.94
Telmisartan 20mg tablets28£3.82
Terbinafine 1% cream30£7.27
Terbinafine 1% cream15£3.26
Topiramate 100mg tablets60£12.35
Topiramate 50mg tablets60£16.14
Trazodone 100mg capsules56£3.05
Trihexyphenidyl 2mg tablets84£3.74
Valsartan 40mg capsules28£6.75

Concessionary prices will be paid against the usual code, no additional endorsements are needed.

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.

Kind regards

SENT ON BEHALF OF
GERARD GREENE
Chief Executive

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Pharmacy team(s) can keep updated via CPNI’s Contractor Calendar and Contractor Emails.

Or report medicine shortages, pricing and staffing issues via the CPNI’s Medicine Shortage Reporter and Situation Reporter.

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

Kind regards

SENT ON BEHALF OF
Gerard Greene
Chief Executive