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This year our AGM will be held online (link to TBA) and will take place on Tuesday 24th Sept 2024 at 7:30-9:30pm. We are thrilled to announce that we will be joined by our guest speakers, Dr Leyla Hannbeck, Chief Executive of Independent Pharmacies Association (IPA), formerly known as AiMp and Paul Rees MBE and Chief Executive of NPA. Our AGM theme will be 'Survival Instinct'.
We are delighted to announce that we have organised 2x comprehensive Pharmacy First ENT training sessions (face to face) and 2x dermatological (virtual) sessions. Please click here for more information.
GPs across England began to take collective action following a ballot of GP partners by the BMA. This means that many GP practices are ‘working-to-rule’, only undertaking tasks that are included in their NHS contract. In turn this could mean fewer GP appointments being offered and therefore resulting in more patients accessing community pharmacy for services and advice. To find out more of how this could affect your community pharmacy and what you can do to support please click here.
The Open House Surgery is a drop-in session for all Pharmacists and Pharmacy Team members working within LLR to learn about what pharmacy work is going on regionally. Each month we invite a guest speaker to present on a variety of topics affecting the sector. It occurs on the 3rd Wednesday of every month at 8pm. Please join us!
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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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:
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.
Please see the correspondence we send on behalf off CPL&R this can be regional, local or important information for contractors.
The Pharmacy First Advanced Service has now been launched nationally. Over 96% of LLR community pharmacies are delivering the 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.
New Original Pack Dispensing (OPD) rules, central procurement of certain vaccinations for community pharmacies, and changes to the market entry application process are being introduced…
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued precautionary guidance regarding the of use of valproate in men. This follows results from a…
In response to a significant ongoing disruption to the supply of some Isosorbide mononitrate 60mg modified-release preparations, four new Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) have been…
