A lot has happened since the last CPNI Contractor Meeting
earlier this year in Templepatrick on 24th February 2020. With
the restrictions that came in as a result of COVID in March, CPNI has supported
and kept Contractors informed principally through our regular COVID
ContractorUpdate emails and via our web-site.
The last six months has seen the widespread adoption of online
conferencing software to enable face to face interaction and CPNI will host a
Contractor meeting using ZOOM software on Tuesday 6th October
2020 at 7.30pm.
Contractors are encouraged to attend this virtual meeting to
receive an update on the Community Pharmacy COVID experience to date, Community
Pharmacy Funding, the challenges the sector will face over the coming weeks and
months and the important role you and your teams will play in defining patient
care and the development of community pharmacy in 2021/22 and beyond.
Logon details for the Contractor meeting will be emailed to you
at the start of the week.
I look forward to seeing you next week.
Yours sincerely
SENT
FOR AND BEHALF OF GERARD GREENE | Chief Executive
Dear Colleague
HSCB CORRESPONDENCE: HSC SECURE EMAIL GO LIVE
Please find attached for your attention, correspondence from Joe
Brogan, Assistant Director of Integrated Care, Head of Pharmacy and Medicines
Management.
Contractors should note that as of 1st October 2020, the HSCB will cease to issue paper correspondence and will communicate with community pharmacies via HSC secure email only.
Any pharmacies that are still
working to establish a connection to the Pharmacy Portal are advised to
continue these efforts urgently and also ensure that contingency plans are in
place to continue to receive HSCB communications after postal communications
cease on 1st October 2020. Please contact your local Integrated Care Office if
you would like to discuss possible contingencies.
A community pharmacy section has now been added to the Primary
Care Intranet (PCI) that can be accessed through the Pharmacy Portal. All HSCB
email correspondence with community pharmacy will be added to the ‘Correspondence
from HSCB’ section under the main community pharmacy heading. This section
of the PCI will be developed in the upcoming period with information and
resources that will be of use to community pharmacists.
The HSCB “Email Communication
Policy Community Pharmacies” is also attached, please note that this states
that community pharmacies are expected to check the inbox of their designated
email address at least once on each working day for communications from ‘HSCB
Pharmacy’ accounts.
CPNI will continue to share HSCB
emails with contractors in the normal manner, these will also be posted on the
new CPNI website at the link here.
Yours sincerely
SENT
FOR AND BEHALF OF GERARD GREENE | Chief Executive
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From: CPNIContractorUpdate Sent: 24 September 2020 13:33 Subject: CPNI COVID19 CONTRACTOR UPDATE #132 RE: COVID-19 Community Pharmacy ECHO Network Importance: High
Dear Colleague,
Please find attached the
agenda for the Echo session that is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 29th September 2020. Topics covered
will include the Community Pharmacy Commissioning Plan and the Community
Pharmacy Flu Service.
I would encourage Contractors and
pharmacist team members to attend this Echo session where possible.
Please use the Meeting ID and Passcode below to access the 29th
September 2020 Meeting:
Meeting ID: 806 535 4737
Passcode: 339827
Please share this
with your pharmacy team(s).
Yours sincerely
SENT
FOR AND BEHALF OF GERARD GREENE | Chief Executive
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Dear Colleague,
As you will be aware, we launched our new CPNI website earlier
this month and one of the newest features is the Contractor Calendar. It
has been designed to keep you and your pharmacy team(s) up to date with
relevant service-related information, deadline dates and events, and recent
correspondence. The calendar will be updated continually throughout each month.
We hope you find this resource useful, please share with all
members of your pharmacy team(s).
Yours sincerely
SENT
FOR AND BEHALF OF GERARD GREENE | Chief Executive
Dear Contractor
Update to Serious Shortage Protocols: Fluoxetine 40mg Capsules
The
Department of Health has released updated information (attached) on the Serious
Shortage Protocol (SSP) which was issued on 20 May 2020 in respect of
fluoxetine 40mg capsules.
Summary
The SSP was issued with an end date
of Monday 20 July 2020, which was extended until 25th September
2020. The SSP has now been further extended until Friday 2nd
October 2020.Details of the SSP are available on the BSO
website and can be accessed via this link: www.hscbusiness.hscni.net/services/3063.htm
Action
Contractors should:
Brief their dispensing teams on the extension of the SSP.
CPNI colleagues will continue to support
contractors on these matters.
Kind regards
Mike
Sent
on behalf of Prof Mike Mawhinney | Head of Regulatory Affairs
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