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Dear Colleague

Please find correspondence HERE from Chris Garland, Senior Principal Pharmaceutical Officer, Department of Health.

SUMMARY

• The upcoming study aims to evaluate patient satisfaction with COVID-19 vaccination delivered via community pharmacy in Northern Ireland by measuring the reasons why patients choose to access vaccination from community pharmacy, patient attitudes to the service across three key quality domains (patient centeredness, professionalism and privacy), and overall satisfaction with the service.
• The findings will be used to inform service developments and improvements for future vaccination campaigns. Further information on the study is detailed HERE.

ACTION

• Contractors and pharmacists involved in the provision of this service are asked to review the correspondence.
• If you wish to participate in the upcoming study, please reply to x2u95@keele.ac.uk or before Friday 19 August 2022 to confirm your willingness to participate.

Kind regards

Dear Colleague

The final update of concessionary prices were granted today for July 2022:

Drug	Pack Size	Concessionary Price
Calcipotriol 0.005% / Betamethasone dipropionate 0.05% gel	60	£36.13
Duloxetine 30mg gastro-resistant capsules	28	£4.28
Duloxetine 60mg gastro-resistant capsules	28	£6.91
Fluoxetine 20mg/5ml oral solution	70	£3.79
Risperidone 500microgram tablets	20	£2.57
Temazepam 10mg tablets	28	£17.00
Temazepam 20mg tablets	28	£18.22
Venlafaxine 75mg tablets	56	£12.86

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

This update contains important information for community pharmacy teams, including details of the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

BSO ALERTS

• Weekly Drug Alerts are available here.
• Weekly Shortages Information is available here.
• Serious Shortage Protocols are available here.

CPNI ALERTS 

• Fourth Concessionary Prices – July 2022 29 July 2022
• Third Concessionary Prices – July 2022 27 July 2022

DOH(NI) ALERTS 

• Medicines Management Newsletter 29 July 2022
• Pharmacy Collect NI: Lateral Flow Device Distribution Service Update 29 July 2022
• Monkeypox Vaccination 28 July 2022
• Community Pharmacy Services 2022/23 27 July 2022
• Topiramate (Topamax): Start of Safety Review Triggered by a Study Reporting an Increased Risk of Neurodevelopment Disabilities in Children with Prenatal Exposure 25 July 2022 

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

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

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

Kind regards

Dear Colleague

The fourth update of concessionary prices were granted today for July 2022:

Drug	Pack Size	Concessionary Price
Alendronic Acid 70mg tablets	4	£12.83
Aripiprazole 10mg tablets	28	£5.00
Aripiprazole 15mg tablets	28	£1.15
Aripiprazole 5mg tablets	28	£1.03
Bimatoprost 100micrograms/ml eye drops	3	£3.55
Chlorpromazine 100mg tablets	28	£25.04
Chlorpromazine 25mg tablets	28	£25.07
Chlorpromazine 50mg tablets	28	£25.73
Citalopram 10mg tablets	28	£2.48
Citalopram 20mg tablets	28	£3.83
Clarithromycin 500mg tablets	14	£7.32
Clonidine 25microgram tablets	112	£12.34
Dipyridamole 100mg tablets	84	£23.23
Enalapril 5mg tablets	28	£3.08
Esomeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant tablets	28	£5.78
Esomeprazole 40mg gastro-resistant tablets	28	£5.35
Exemestane 25mg tablets	30	£14.86
Finasteride 5mg tablets	28	£1.53
Fluoxetine 40mg capsules	30	£2.85
Gabapentin 600mg tablets	100	£5.57
Glyceryl trinitrate 500microgram sublingual tablets	100	£4.94
Hydroxocobalamin 1mg/1ml solution for injection ampoules	5	£6.77
Ibandronic acid 50mg tablets	28	£89.37
Lercanidipine 10mg tablets	28	£3.53
Losartan 50mg / Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5mg tablets	28	£5.73
Mometasone 0.1% cream	100	£8.84
Mometasone 0.1% cream	30	£3.73
Mometasone 0.1% ointment	30	£3.99
Phenoxymethylpenicillin 250mg tablets	28	£1.63
Prasugrel 10mg tablets	28	£8.65
Prednisolone 5mg soluble tablets	30	£17.74
Promethazine hydrochloride 10mg tablets	56	£13.45
Risedronate sodium 35mg tablets	4	£1.76
Tetracycline 250mg tablets	28	£7.06

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

*** FAO: BELFAST LCG AREA CONTRACTORS ONLY ***

Dear colleague

Please see below a request from Nicola Kenny at the BBC who is looking to speak to pharmacists living or working in Belfast about their experience of the pandemic and the effect that music had on them during this time.

Belfast City Council is hosting a concert in August to confer the Freedom of the City on all Belfast key workers for their contribution to the pandemic response. The concert will be filmed and broadcast on BBC Northern Ireland later in the autumn. When the pandemic hit, key workers used their ingenuity and resilience to find ways to continue working and offer support to people through very difficult circumstances. In these challenging times we sometimes seek music, or it connects with us unknowingly or without reason. It may be a song heard on the radio on the way home in the car or an album you kept revisiting, just music that resonated with you during this time. Did a song help you overcome a challenge or connect you to loved ones? BBC Northern Ireland are collating all the replies from key workers, and a small number of songs will be performed live with the Ulster Orchestra at the concert in August. If you would like to be share your experience or would like more information, please email or text Nicola Kenny (nicola.kenny@bbc.co.uk 07915 072 048) with your name and contact details by Friday 29th of July 2022.

Kind Regards

JUDE AUSTIN | Communications Manager

Dear Colleague

The third update of concessionary prices were granted today for July 2022:

Drug	Pack Size	Concessionary Price
Flecainide 100mg tablets	60	£4.52
Fluoxetine 20mg capsules	30	£1.80
Ibuprofen 100mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free	100	£3.99
Lacidipine 2mg tablets	28	£2.95
Loratadine 5mg/5ml oral solution	100	£4.72
Rizatriptan 10mg tablets	3	£3.69
Tamsulosin 400microgram / Dutasteride 500microgram capsules	30	£3.90

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