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LLR Pharmacy First – Achieving Threshold Guidance

We are proud to launch our step-by-step guide created specifically with our teams in mind. Inside you’ll find: 👉 The essential hints and tips that make the biggest difference 👉 Team scripts for counter staff and HCAs 👉 Referral and triage tools to reduce missed activity 👉 Daily huddle checklists 👉 What to do… and importantly, what not to do 👉 Quick wins to help you reach your threshold every single month

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FreeStyle Libre Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Pharmacy Practice-18th Jan 2026

📅 FreeStyle Libre Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Pharmacy Practice 🗓 18 January 2026 | 📍 Leicester Marriott Hotel We’re delighted to be hosting a practical training session for pharmacy teams on the use of Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) in pharmacy practice. The session will cover the foundations of FreeStyle Libre, CGM data interpretation, and how CGM can support patient self-management and behaviour change, including its role within GLP-1 and obesity care pathways. ☕ Networking from 9:00am | Event closes 11:30am

Thank You to all our LLR Pharmacies

Community pharmacy teams across Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland have delivered outstanding results through Pharmacy First. In just the first six months, our region has demonstrated the power of community pharmacy to provide timely, accessible clinical care—relieving pressure on general practice and urgent care while putting patients first. 📊 Explore our 6-month regional performance and see the impact in action.

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.

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Roving Healthcare Unit – Vaccination Schedule

The Roving Healthcare Unit is delivering free NHS vaccinations across our communities. The unit offers COVID-19, flu (injectable and nasal), MMR, RSV, HPV, and maternal pertussis vaccinations to eligible individuals. 📍 The unit visits multiple locations across the area, making it easier to access essential vaccinations close to home. 📅 View the up-to-date schedule below to find when the unit will be visiting a location near you. Vaccinations are provided in line with national eligibility criteria.

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🚨 Patient Abuse & Growing Pressures in Community Pharmacy – Share Your Experience

🗣️ A short opinion poll gives pharmacy owners the opportunity to: Share experiences of patient abuse and aggression Highlight the pressures facing their teams Feed directly into national discussions The ten-minute survey, which is open until 11.59pm on Thursday 22nd January, can be completed here:

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Partnership with Drug Comparison

2 months on, the Drug Comparison App is already making a real difference for busy pharmacy teams. - 850 pharmacies onboarded across the UK - Over 25,000 Barcode scans - Over £1.3M Total Order Value - More than 6,500 orders placed - Over 15 hours saved through instant scanning The app was built by a pharmacist who understands the day-to-day pressures of the job. It is designed to reduce administrative tasks and help teams focus on patients rather than paperwork. We are just getting started, with more powerful modules already on the way. If you haven't joined yet, now is the time. Download the app and see the difference for yourself.

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Regional News

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.

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Medicine Supply Notification: Co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for Co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets. MSN/2026/001 Tier 3 – High impact Date of…

12th January 2026

Seasonal Vaccination Service 2026/27 – webinar

Community Pharmacy England will be holding a webinar in collaboration with NHS England about the new Seasonal Vaccination Service on Wednesday 21st January at 7.30pm. The…

12th January 2026

Cleen Ready-to-use enema Drug Tariff price adjustment – November and December 2025

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that prescriptions for Cleen Ready-to-use 133ml enema (Sodium dihydrogen phosphate dihydrate 18.1% / Disodium hydrogen…

12th January 2026