Representing community pharmacists in Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester LPC is the statutory organisation representing community pharmacists in our area. We represent our pharmacy members in discussions with the NHS, local authorities and partners to plan and agree local services. Our aim is to act in members' best interests and ensure local people reap the benefits community pharmacy can bring, improving health and wellbeing.
Our vision: To enable Community Pharmacy to improve health now and in the future
Our values: Innovative, Collaborative, Integrity, Excellent, Supportive
GMLPC pharmacy survey: Tell us what you think
If you work in community pharmacy in Greater Manchester, then please complete our short survey telling us what you think...
HLP Level 1: Compliance visits, free training & Quality Payments
Compliance visits The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) is conducting compliance visits of pharmacies that have achieved Healthy Living...
New bite-sized guides to FMD
We’ve produced bite-sized guides to help pharmacies choose their FMD supplier and register with SecurMed UK, the national medicines verification...
GMLPC response to national funding settlement 2018/19
PSNC has published details of the 2018/19 funding settlement that has been agreed with the Department of Health & Social...
EpiPen / adrenaline auto-injector guidance
It is crucial that all pharmacies are aware of the new national guidance for EpiPens, EpiPen Junior and other adrenaline...
FMD: Read our briefing & book onto our event
The Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) comes into effect across Europe on 9th February 2019 and will affect the way that...
Quality Payments (Feb 2019): Summary of key changes & action required
There are some significant changes to Quality Payments for February 2019, including new criteria and staff training requirements. That means...
Adam’s CEO Blog
Hello, I’m Adam Irvine, the CEO for Greater Manchester Local Pharmaceutical Committee (GMLPC). We are the largest LPC in the...
Pharmacist Naz Iqbal: How Rochdale’s Champix & NRT services work
Pharmacist Naz Iqbal, from Carlow Chemists in Middleton, explains how people in Rochdale can access stop-smoking support in their local...
Steven’s story: How Champix helped me quit smoking
Steven Poole, 37, from Middleton, successfully quit smoking nearly three months ago with the help of a tablet called Champix,...
Stoptober: Rochdale’s pioneering Champix service
Pharmacies across Greater Manchester are encouraging smokers to think about quitting this month as part of the national Stoptober campaign,...
Recruiting pre-reg pharmacy trainees through Oriel
We’re producing a series of short articles over the next few months to help pharmacy contractors / employers understand the...
Latest PSNC News
Quality Payments: Will your pharmacy still be accredited as an HLP Level 1 on the review date?
Community pharmacy contractors are reminded that if their pharmacy was accredited as a Healthy Living Pharmacy (HLP) Level 1 locally...
November 21, 2018Changes to the way you access the Drug Tariff
NHS England has announced that it will stop automatically sending monthly hard copies of the Drug Tariff out to community...
November 20, 2018Flu vaccine ordering for 2019/20
Public Health England (PHE) has today (20th November 2018) issued a joint letter with NHS England and the Department of...
November 20, 2018Pharmacy technicians survey: Share your views on supervision
The Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) has launched a survey to gather views on supervision from pharmacy technicians. The...
November 20, 2018Events
FMD, Quality Payments & IG: Everything you need to know
Thursday, 22 November, 2018, 6.30pm-9.30pm
AJ Bell Stadium, 1 Stadium Way, Barton-upon-Irwell, M30 7EY - sat navs M30 7LJ
Registration & light buffet from 6.30pm. Prompt start at 7pm. Key speaker: Raj Patel, Chair of the UK FMD Working...
Integrated ways of working with GPs (Eccles)
Wednesday, 28 November, 2018, 6.30pm-9.30pm
AJ Bell Stadium, 1 Stadium Way, Barton-upon-Irwell, M30 7EY - sat navs M30 7LJ
We know that the closest inter-professional relationships we have are with GPs. Can we work better with GPs and other...
HLP Health Champions training (6th & 7th December)
Thursday, 6 December, 2018, 9am-5pm
The Studio, The Hive, 51 Lever Street, Manchester, M1 1FN
This two-day training course enables pharmacy staff to become qualified Health Champions, helping pharmacies meet the requirements for Healthy Living...
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- RT @GMLPC_: Better be quick if you want to attend our FMD briefing event on Thu 22nd Nov (6.30pm-9pm) at the AJ Bell Stadium! Places are go…
- Greater Manchester community pharmacists & pharmacy teams: Tell us what you think of what we do & the information a… https://t.co/HkfnF8ch2f
- Top tips here from local pharmacist Aneet - pop into your local pharmacy for #flu jabs, healthcare & advice this wi… https://t.co/oF96JviRXF
- Fantastic article on why people should get the #flu jab & high praise for community pharmacies here from… https://t.co/ZZ27Xb9gBt