Leicestershire Local Pharmaceutical Committee
Welcome to our LPC site!
We are the unified local voice for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Local Pharmaceutical Committees (LPCs)
We support, develop and promote over 220 NHS community pharmacies.
Working closely with the local NHS, including NHS England Area Teams, CCGs and local government, we are responsible for advancing the enhanced role of community pharmacy to ensure it plays an active part in promoting health and wellbeing.
COVID-19: This week’s updates for community pharmacies
Latest news, information and guidance from NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) for primary care teams It’s been a very...
PharmOutcomes Operational Status Reporting
All pharmacies are requested to complete their operational status on PharmOutcomes every day during the COVID-19 pandemic period This has...
COVID-19: Guidance for Pre-Registration Trainees
Health Education England update Pre-Registration Pharmacists & Technicians on concerns over COVID-19 pandemic on pharmacy education and training Health Education...
Bio Barriers – effective screens for your reception or counters
The information below was shared by Tania Meagher, Head of Membership Services, Avicenna Cost: £90 and they can be ordered...
UPDATE: Public Health information ‘ Stay Home, Save Lives’
These resources supersede the previous home isolation materials. Please take down the previous home isolation messaging and replace with these...
Coronavirus contingency – additional guidance for care home teams if compliance aids are unable to be packed
Safe administration of medicines from original packs in care homes Please find below a useful training guide that can be...
ALERT: Increased pharmacy crime and break-ins risk as illicit supply compromised
It’s a good time to review your premises security following changes in street drug trends and availability due to the...
COVID-19: This week’s updates for community pharmacies
Latest news, information and guidance from NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) for primary care teams Last week the COVID-19...
COVID-19: Guidance for employees, employers and businesses
Useful guidance and provision of advice about the novel coronavirus, COVID-19 and implications on pay, sick pay, rates holidays etc…...
COVID-19: Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) useful updates, resources & information
There is some very practical advice here as well as the professional advice you would expect, so we very much...
Postponement of face to face CPPE events due to COVID-19 pandemic
The CPPE website and all their online learning remains unaffected and CPPE remains open for business and open to support...
Prescription charge to rise to £9.15
The Government has announced an increase to the NHS prescription charge of 15 pence, to £9.15 per prescription item. This...
Latest PSNC News
COVID-19 update: Nominated pharmacy feature added to the NHS App
The NHS App now has a new feature that allows patients to view and change their EPS pharmacy nomination. Being...
April 3, 2020Retrospective price adjustment for Omeprazole 10mg/5ml and 20mg/5ml oral suspension SF and Melatonin 1mg/ml oral solution AF
Omeprazole Two Omeprazole licensed liquid preparations became available on the market in March 2020. Following representations from PSNC to account...
April 3, 2020Further medicines added to the list of medicines that cannot be parallel exported from the UK
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has announced that...
April 3, 2020Contractor Update: Pharmacies to be required to open on Good Friday and Easter Monday
On the evening of 1st April, in the COVID-19 Primary Care Bulletin email, NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) stated:...
April 3, 2020