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Dear Colleague

The first update of concessionary prices were granted today for January 2024:

Drug	Pack Size	Concessionary Price
Amiloride 5mg tablets	28	£15.54
Baclofen 5mg/5ml oral solution sugar free	300	£3.97
Betamethasone valerate 0.1% cream	100	£4.05
Bimatoprost 300micrograms/ml / Timolol 5mg/ml eye drops	3	£4.05
Bumetanide 1mg tablets	28	£2.74
Cinacalcet 30mg tablets	28	£6.82
Clarithromycin 250mg tablets	14	£3.09
Clotrimazole 1% cream	20	£1.77
Clotrimazole 500mg pessaries	1	£9.28
Cyclizine 50mg tablets	100	£3.61
Cyclizine 50mg/1ml solution for injection ampoules	5	£5.56
Docusate 50mg/5ml oral solution sugar free	300	£17.09
Escitalopram 10mg tablets	28	£1.27
Haloperidol 1.5mg tablets	28	£3.68
Haloperidol 5mg tablets	28	£3.66
Irbesartan 300mg tablets	28	£1.39
Ivabradine 7.5mg tablets	56	£4.43
Lamotrigine 200mg tablets	56	£5.23
Lamotrigine 25mg tablets	56	£1.92
Lamotrigine 50mg tablets	56	£2.95
Lamotrigine 5mg dispersible tablets sugar free	28	£9.99
Metformin 1g modified-release tablets	56	£2.75
Metformin 500mg/5ml oral solution sugar free	150	£26.50
Methylphenidate 10mg tablets	30	£2.99
Metoclopramide 10mg tablets	28	£2.19
Metoprolol 50mg tablets	28	£3.69
Midazolam 10mg/2ml solution for injection ampoules	10	£5.46
Mometasone 0.1% ointment	30	£3.55
Morphine sulfate 10mg/5ml oral solution	300	£5.45
Orlistat 120mg capsules	84	£23.90
Piroxicam 0.5% gel	112	£3.44
Pregabalin 225mg capsules	56	£2.35
Risperidone 1mg/ml oral solution sugar free	100	£3.16
Risperidone 2mg tablets	60	£1.95
Rosuvastatin 20mg tablets	28	£1.99
Simvastatin 80mg tablets	28	£1.61
Sodium valproate 200mg/5ml oral solution sugar free	300	£8.14
Spironolactone 50mg tablets	28	£4.16
Terbinafine 1% cream	15	£3.54
Terbinafine 1% cream	30	£7.09
Trazodone 150mg tablets	28	£2.10
Zolmitriptan 2.5mg tablets	6	£16.45
Zolmitriptan 2.5mg tablets	12	£32.90
Zonisamide 50mg capsules	56	£13.52
Zopiclone 3.75mg tablets	28	£1.43
Zopiclone 7.5mg tablets	28	£1.56

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 Medicine Shortage Reporter.

Concessionary prices are also published on the CPNI website.

Kind regards

Dear Contractor

Correspondence regarding the Living Well service has been issued by SPPG 19th January 2024 and can be accessed  here.

SUMMARY

• SPPG and PHA have issued an invite to community pharmacists that provide the Living Well service to participate in a focus group.
• The focus group will give community pharmacists an opportunity to discuss what works well, what challenges are experienced, and to give suggestions for potential improvement to the service.

ACTION

• Contractors who provide the Living Well Service should read the correspondence issued by SPPG 19th January 2024.
• Those pharmacists who wish to be involved in the focus group should confirm their attendance by completing the Microsoft Form provided by SPPG by 31st January 2024.
• Please share this information with all relevant team members.
• For any queries in relation to the Living Well Community Pharmacy service, please contact Pharmacy Adviser, katie.blair@hscni.net.

Kind regards

Dear Contractor

CPVS Update eleven issued on 18th January 2024 relating to the vaccination service.

SUMMARY

The following groups have been added to the list of eligible cohorts for the remaining part of the 2023/24 seasonal flu vaccination programme

• all patients aged 50-64 years
• all health and social care workers

Please read the letter issued 17.1.23 by the DoH, and the letter issued 17.1.23 by PHA for further information

ACTION

• Contractors should review the CPVS update and share the information with relevant members of the pharmacy team. 
• Please refer to the updated PGD which is available on the BSO website.
• Vaccine quotas have increased to allow vaccination of these additional cohorts. Please continue to order stock once your current stock is exhausted.

Please do not hesitate to contact CPNI for any further information.

Kind regards

Dear Contractor

Ordering of the LFD tests will resume from Wednesday 17th January 2024

SUMMARY

• Correspondencehas been issued by SPPG regarding the Lateral Flow Device Distribution Service 18th January 2024.
• The ordering system for Pharmacy Collect NI LFD tests is restarting.
• A new order form is available on the BSO website and can be accessed here.

ACTION

• Contractors should read and review the correspondencereceived from SPPG regarding the LFD Distribution Service.
• Any supply requests for LFD tests should be made using the new order form which is available on the BSO website here.
• Please share this information with all relevant team members

Please do not hesitate to contact CPNI for any further assistance.

Kind regards

Dear Contractor

Further to contractor update CU#231214B on the application process for the NICPLD Independent Prescriber course, and contractor updates CU#231222A and CU#240103A regarding the CPNI DPP survey, a number of further updates are provided below.

SUMMARY

• CPNI has been made aware that updated guidance documents and an instructional video on the NICPLD IP training application process have now been added to the NICPLD website.
• These resources may be helpful to community pharmacists who are planning to apply during the application window: Monday 22 January 2024, with a closing date of Monday 26 February 2024 at midnight.
• In response to early reports from some community pharmacists regarding challenges in relation to obtaining a DPP for IP training, CPNI undertook a survey to gather further information.
• The survey has now been extended to 19 January 2024.

ACTION

Contractors are advised to:

• Note the updated information provided on the NICPLD website.
• Ask all community pharmacist employees who are considering applying for the IP course to complete the CPNI survey as soon as possible, and no later than 19 January 2024.

Please contact a member of the CPNI team should you have any queries.

Kind regards

Dear Contractor

Correspondence regarding the Keep Antibiotics Working Survey has been issued by SPPG 17th January 2024 and can be accessed  here.

SUMMARY

• Due to the omission of the closure time of the Keep Antibiotics Working survey, it has been agreed with SPPG to re-open the survey on Thursday 18th January 2024 from 9am to 6pm
• All future surveys will close at 6pm on the date stated.

ACTION

• Contractors who provide the Living Well Service and are yet to complete the survey for Keep Antibiotics Working can access the survey here on 18th January 9am-6pm.
• 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.
• Please share this information with all relevant team members.

Kind regards