Community Pharmacy Leicestershire and Rutland – Community Pharmacy Leicestershire and Rutland

Pharmacy Contraception Service - Changes coming soon

To support our LLR pharmacy teams in navigating the upcoming changes to the Pharmacy Contraception Service — including the expansion to incorporate Emergency Contraception — we’ve brought together a range of helpful resources. These include the latest LLR formulary guidance and other practical tools to help teams deliver the service confidently and consistently.

Community Pharmacy Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland – Annual Curry Night 🍛

We’re excited to invite you to our Annual Community Pharmacy Curry Night — an evening of networking, collaboration, and good food! 🗓 Friday 7th November 2025 🕖 7:00pm – 10:00pm 📍 Peepul Centre, Leicester, LE4 6DP Come connect with fellow pharmacy professionals, share ideas, and celebrate our achievements together. We look forward to welcoming you!

Prescription Switching Information 2025

To help LLR community pharmacies prepare for the upcoming prescription changes please find details of the changes here.

Winter pressures and C-19 vaccination issues: Share your views

Pharmacy owners are encouraged to tell Community Pharmacy England their views and concerns for the coming winter season. Your views will inform the next Committee meeting. 🗓 Deadline: 10th November 2025

Covid-19 vaccine eligibility

There are now resources available to help raise awareness of COVID-19 vaccine eligibility. The national communications team is continuing to develop materials aimed at helping people understand who is currently eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination — and to reach those who may believe they are eligible when they are not.

Partnership with Drug Comparison

We’re proud to partner with Drug Comparison, helping over 2,600 UK pharmacies save time and money. With their new mobile app, you can: ✅ Scan barcodes to order stock in seconds ✅ Check real-time prices and availability ✅ Cut errors and save valuable staff time Built with pharmacy feedback, it makes ordering faster, smarter, and more reliable — with even more features coming soon. 📲 Book your free demo

👉 https://www.drugcomparison.co.uk/booking

Shared Care Records for LLR Community Pharmacies

We’re pleased to confirm that all Community Pharmacies across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) now have access to patients' Shared Care Records. This is a significant step forward in supporting safer, more informed care by enabling pharmacy teams to view essential clinical information such as: Medication history Diagnoses and problem lists Allergies Recent GP or hospital encounters If you are interested in joining please click below.

Monthly Deadline Tracker

To help keep LLR community pharmacy teams on track with monthly tasks, quality payments and to meet local and national deadlines. View the latest monthly Community Pharmacy Deadline Tracker here.

Monthly Newsletter

Access our monthly newsletter here.

Locally Commissioned Services

Many services provided by community pharmacists are commissioned locally according to the needs of the area. Locally commissioned community pharmacy services can be contracted via a number of different routes and by different commissioners. These include:

Pharmacy Contraceptive Service

This service now covers the initiation of oral contraception, routine monitoring and ongoing supply. To help LLR community pharmacies get started including access to prescribing advice from the LLR Area Prescribing Committee click here.

Regional Correspondence

Please see the correspondence we have sent to all community pharmacies across LLR. This can be regional, local or important information for contractors and community pharmacy teams.

Pharmacy First

Around 98% of LLR community pharmacies are now delivering the Pharmacy First service. To help your pharmacy deliver the service successfully including access to resources to help you when speaking to your local GP Practice click here.

Latest Community Pharmacy England News

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SSPs for Cefalexin oral suspensions sugar free further extended

Update 24/10/25 – The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has provided an update on the Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) for Cefalexin 125mg/5ml oral…

24th October 2025

LFD service myth busting series (#2)

This is the second of a series of articles to tackle some of the misconceptions around the Lateral Flow Device (LFD) service. The articles will…