You
will have received communication from various wholesalers indicating a change
in their policies or service levels as a result of COVID pressures. This
is an extremely difficult period for all parts of the supply chain and you are
asked to take note of any correspondence you receive from your wholesalers at
this time.
Pharmacy
teams are also encouraged to quickly return empty totes to wholesalers to
assist with dispatch of orders.
Kind regards,
SENT FOR AND BEHALF
OF GERARD GREENE | Chief Executive
Dear Colleague,
COVID Emergency: Community Pharmacy DAILY SITUATION REPORT
HSCB are asking all pharmacies to ensure you complete a Community
Pharmacy SITREP Report on a daily basis during
the COVID 19 emergency. The purpose of this form is to ascertain the daily
situation of community pharmacy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
It will also provide a daily report to HSCB and others on status
and pressures Community Pharmacy are working under currently.
This form acts as notification of closure to the HSCB, should
that be required. Closures and other ‘Red-ratings’ will be followed up as soon
as possible by the HSCB, by telephone in first instance.
Kind regards,
SENT FOR AND BEHALF
OF GERARD GREENE | Chief Executive
Dear Colleague,
COVID19 – Free Public Transport for
Health & Social Care Workers
We have been asked by HSCB to share
the attached letter with you, for use by you & your pharmacy team members,
following the decision over the weekend by the Department of Infrastructure
& Translink to provide free use of their public transport networks for
health & social care staff during the COVID19 immediate response period.
Please share this with your pharmacy
team members as appropriate.
Yours sincerely
SENT FOR AND BEHALF OF GERARD GREENE |
Chief Executive
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Dear Colleague,
Prescription Deliveries – COVID19
As a follow up to the
ContractorUpdate email below, issued on 23rd Mar’20, CPNI has
written to Mrs Cathy Harrison, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer DoH(NI) advising of
governance concerns that CPNI has in relation to the Delivery of medicines by drivers
acting on behalf of, or arranged by 3rd party organisations e.g.
local community groups/sports clubs/church groups/umbrella community groups
etc.
CPNI believes that there are multiple risks and governance
concerns that you need to be aware of in the event that you are approached by
individuals offering to deliver medicines to patients in your localities.
Amongst the concerns that you need to carefully consider are
issues around:-
Background/identity/vetting/criminal
record checks of volunteer drivers engaged by, or identified by 3rd
sector organisations.
Diversion/theft
of medicines after medicines are given to volunteer drivers acting on
behalf of, or arranged by 3rd party organisations
Controlled
Drug legislative and governance arrangements applicable for such medicines
after they are given to volunteer drivers acting on behalf of, or arranged
by 3rd party organisations.
GDPR
issues – data breaches and patient confidentiality issues.
Code
of conduct charter and enforcement arrangements for volunteer drivers
acting on behalf of, or arranged by 3rd party organisations.
Public
liability and insurance considerations for the 3rd party sector
organisations involved in co-ordinating volunteer delivery drivers, as
well as the drivers themselves.
Indemnification
arrangements that will be put in place to protect community pharmacists
from any issues that may arise after medicines are given to volunteer
drivers acting on behalf of, or arranged by 3rd party
organisations.
All of us have important responsibilities to ensure that the
right patient gets the right medicines at the right time, none more so than
during COVID19 and beyond.
We will continue to liaise with DoH and HSCB in relation to this
issue and also in relation to how the safe provision of medicines to at-risk/shielded
patients can be assured through use of members of the community pharmacy staff
team.
Please do not hesitate to contact CPNI offices should you
require any additional information.
Yours sincerely
SENT FOR AND BEHALF OF GERARD GREENE |
Chief Executive
Dear Colleague,
Further concessionary prices have been granted for March 2020:
SENT FOR AND BEHALF OF KATHERINE KIDD | Head of Pharmacy
Development
Dear Colleague,
The Health
Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
As you will be aware, new powers have been introduced under The
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations (Northern Ireland)
2020, and these came into operation at 11pm on 28 March 2020.
Mrs Cathy Harrison,
Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, DH has issued a statement on these regulations
which can be accessed via this link:
CPO asks that all community pharmacies in Northern Ireland open for business as normal and continue to follow the specific guidance for pharmacies which can be found in the HSCB Community Pharmacy FAQs and the Staff Protection Checklist; and general guidance on social distancing. These are available via the following links:
It is our understanding that further guidance on social
distancing for the community pharmacy sector is being drawn up.
Yours sincerely
Mike
Sent on behalf of Prof Mike Mawhinney| Head of Regulatory Affairs
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