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Pharmacy Staff: Booking for C-19 booster now live
NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) have confirmed today (30th September) that frontline health and social care workers (which includes...
Secretary of State declaration of emergency extension
The declaration of an emergency requiring the flexible provision of pharmaceutical services which was introduced to help maintain pharmacy services during the...
Pandemic Delivery Service: service for self-isolators extended
Following a decision by the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) has confirmed a...
Flu vac: Frontline primary care staff added to Advanced service
NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) have today announced that they have secured additional funding to support provision of flu...
Requirement to submit NMS quarterly information postponed
Community pharmacy contractors are not required to submit their completed New Medicine Service (NMS) summary data to the NHS Business...
Medicines Supply Update: Fuel and driver shortages being closely monitored
Update: 28 September 2021 We understand that a significant number of pharmacies will have disrupted deliveries today and we have...
Updated C-19 LFD Distribution Service: Marketing materials and deadline to withdraw
An updated version of the NHS Community Pharmacy COVID-19 Lateral Flow Device (LFD) Distribution Service (Pharmacy Collect) service specification will...
COVID-19 Cost Claims: DHSC sets out arrangements for payment
The arrangements for payment of contractors’ COVID-19 cost claims in October have now been finalised by the Department of Health...
Changes to the C-19 LFD Distribution Service from 4th Oct
Last week there was an announcement of the release of an updated version of the NHS Community Pharmacy COVID-19 Lateral...