The website for Somerset Pharmacy Contractors
Welcome to the Website of Somerset LPC, representing Community Pharmacy Contractors in Somerset. Here you can access useful resources, newsletters, contact details and more.
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Deadline approaches: Submitting MUR/NMS quarterly information
Community pharmacy contractors are reminded of the requirement to submit completed Medicines Use Review (MUR) and/or New Medicine Service (NMS)...
Latest MHRA Drug Alerts
Class 4 MHRA Drug Alert – Chloramphenicol 0.5% W/V Antibiotic Eye Drops (Martindale Pharmaceuticals Limited) Class 4 MHRA Drug Alert...
Quality Payments: 10,554 contractors now validated
The latest NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) weekly gateway report shows that 10,554 community pharmacy contractors have now been validated...
Annual flu letter published for 2019/20
The Department of Health and Social Care, Public Health England and NHS England have jointly published a letter to provide...
EMIS to join national roll-out of EPS CDs
EMIS plans to implement EPS Controlled Drugs (CDs) for all of their GP practices between Monday 25th March and Monday...
Download the 2019 Prescription Charge Card
Following the announcement of a prescription charge increase to £9.00 per item made a few weeks ago, PSNC has designed...
Latest PSNC News
Class 4 MHRA Drug Alert – Ativan 4mg/1ml Solution for injection (Lorazepam) (Pfizer Limited) Caution in use
Drug Alert No: EL (19) A/10 Date Issued: 24th April 2019 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has...
April 24, 2019April 2019 Price Concessions – 2nd update
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has today granted the following list of price concessions: Drug Pack size Price...
April 18, 2019MHRA Drug Safety Update April 2019
Date issued: 16th April 2019 A new Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Drug Safety Update (Vol 12 Issue...
April 17, 2019A summary of the Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service (DES) 2019/20
At the end of January 2019, NHS England published a five-year framework for GP services agreed with the British Medical Association...
April 16, 2019Events
Mental health and wellbeing booking ref 48087
Sunday, 28 April, 2019, 09:45-16.45
Holiday Inn, Deane Gate Ave, Taunton TA1 2UA
Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) www.cppe.ac.uk/programmes/l/mentalwell-w-01
CPPE Asthma focal point workshop (7:30-9:15pm).
Thursday, 2 May, 2019, 19.30-21.15
Exeter Court Hotel, Kennford, Exeter. EX6 7UX
Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) https://www.cppe.ac.uk/programmes/l/asthma-w-03
Champix PGD training for pharmacists (on line)
Wednesday, 8 May, 2019, 19:00-21:45
At Home
LPC and Somerset County Council on-line Champix PGD training for pharmacists (supported by Pfizer)