Dear Colleague,

Three late concessionary prices have been released for JULY 2020 and are as follows:

Drug Pack Size Concessionary price granted for July 2020
Prednisolone 2.5mg Tablets 30 £3.97
Prednisolone 10mg Tablets 30 £16.00
Prednisolone 20mg Tablets 30 £28.50

Kind regards,

Katherine

SENT FOR AND BEHALF OF KATHERINE KIDD | Head of Pharmacy Development

Dear Colleague,

Further to communications earlier in the year around funding that was available for staff training, please find attached a letter from Joe Brogan outlining the arrangements for this funding and an extension for applications. The closing date is now 21st August 2020.

Yours sincerely

SENT FOR AND BEHALF OF GERARD GREENE | Chief Executive

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*** REMINDER ***

Dear Colleague,

Thank you to those contractors, who have now completed the HSCB survey, with only a few returns still outstanding.

The HSCB survey is still open and available at the following link https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/65ZCGG7.  I would encourage you to give the questions within the survey your full consideration.

It is vital all contractors submit a response as the survey aims to assess the respective position of each pharmacy with regards to service provision for the forthcoming year.  This is an important piece of work to inform service development work and planning over the coming weeks and months.  

Please contact your local HSCB office or the CPNI office if you have any queries in relation to the completion of the survey.

Yours sincerely

SENT FOR AND BEHALF OF GERARD GREENE | Chief Executive

Also See CPNI COVID19 ContractorUpdate #114 sent 21.07.20 @ 16:20 RE: Updated Survey Link – CPNI COVID19 ContractorUpdate #114 RE: HSCB Survey Deadline *** Fri 24 Jul-20 ***

Dear Colleague,

The final update of concessionary prices for July 2020 have been released and are as follows:

Drug Pack Size Concessionary Price
Clonidine 25microgram tablets 112 £16.99
Enalapril 20mg tablets 28 £4.82
Irbesartan 150mg tablets 28 £8.09
Metronidazole 400mg tablets 21 £4.19
Moxonidine 200microgram tablets 28 £9.72
Moxonidine 300microgram tablets 28 £2.58
Moxonidine 400microgram tablets 28 £9.69
Olanzapine 10mg tablets 28 £2.33
Olanzapine 20mg tablets 28 £7.87
Olanzapine 5mg tablets 28 £2.38
Rasagiline 1mg tablets 28 £11.83
Senna 7.5mg tablets 60 £2.48
Senna 7.5mg/5ml oral solution sugar free 500ml £10.61
Tacrolimus 0.1% ointment 30g £24.28
Tacrolimus 0.1% ointment 60g £44.45

The full list of concessionary prices can be found on our website www.communitypharmacyni.co.uk

Kind regards,

Katherine

SENT FOR AND BEHALF OF KATHERINE KIDD | Head of Pharmacy Development

Dear Colleague,

In response to the increasing challenges faced by community pharmacy teams during the initial surge of COVID 19, the Stop Smoking Service was suspended for all new patients. HSCB have revised current arrangements and from 1st August 2020, pharmacies can now accept new patients on the stop smoking service.

However, as a consequence of COVID-19, workload and social distancing requirements may present a challenge to delivering the weekly intervention offered by community pharmacy smoking cessation services.

Please see HSCB letter available at http://www.hscbusiness.hscni.net/pdf/Smoking%20Cessation%20Services%20during%20COVID%20Pandemic.pdf which provides community pharmacy teams with flexibility in how they deliver Stop Smoking Services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Please share this information with your pharmacy teams, involved in providing the Stop Smoking Service.

Yours sincerely

SENT FOR AND BEHALF OF GERARD GREENE | Chief Executive

Dear Colleague,

Further concessionary prices have been granted for July 2020:

Drug Pack Size Concessionary Price
Duloxetine 40mg gastro-resistant capsules 56 £11.81
Esomeprazole 40mg gastro-resistant capsules 28 £3.41
Fenofibrate Micronised 160mg tablets 28 £3.89
Fenofibrate Micronised 267mg capsules 28 £4.45
Frovatriptan 2.5mg tablets 6 £6.89
Imipramine 25mg tablets 28 £6.87
Valsartan 160mg / Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5mg tablets 28 £11.78
Valsartan 80mg capsules 28 £9.47

Kind regards,

Katherine

SENT FOR AND BEHALF OF KATHERINE KIDD | Head of Pharmacy Development