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Iethico Medicines Supply Intelligence Webinar

Join our lunchtime webinar with Iethico to gain the latest insights into medicines supply issues, drug shortages and procurement trends, helping you stay informed and better equipped to support your patients.

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Community Pharmacy LLR 2026 AGM

Join us for the Community Pharmacy Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland AGM, where contractors will receive the latest sector updates, hear from key speakers, celebrate local achievements, and help shape the future of community pharmacy across our region.

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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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LLR Community Pharmacy 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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Will the new CPCF agreement make a difference? Have your say!

Has the new CPCF settlement changed your business outlook for the year ahead? CPE’s Committee wants to hear from pharmacy owners across LLR about their views on the 2026/27 arrangements in its latest sector poll. The negotiator’s poll asks whether the settlement will help ease financial pressures, what challenges remain for pharmacy businesses, and what you think about the introduction of independent prescribing into community pharmacy services. Your feedback will help build a clearer picture of how the settlement is affecting pharmacies and support ongoing work to make the case for further investment and reform. The poll closes at 11.59pm on Sunday 12th July.

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Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INT)

We’ve launched a new INT (Integrated Neighbourhood Teams) webpage on the CPL&R website. It explains Neighbourhood Health, the NHS 10 Year Health Plan, and what this means for community pharmacy in LLR.

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Free NHS vaccinations from the Roving Healthcare Unit

Please find attached and below, the up to date schedule for the roving healthcare unit. Currently it is offering the following free NHS vaccinations on a walk-in basis: flu, RSV, HPV, MMR and maternal pertussis

Monthly LLR Community Pharmacy Newsletter

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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 emergency hormone contraception supply and 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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MenB vac: vaccine allocation and ordering guidance

NHS England has published guidance on their Futures website for pharmacy owners regarding the allocation and ordering of the vaccine to be used in the…

10th July 2026

Action your Unpaid items on the MYS portal

Latest data obtained from the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) shows there were over 194,000 unpaid or Referred Back (RB) items on the Manage Your…

10th July 2026

SSPs for Estradot® patches (SSP079, SSP080, SSP081, SSP082) further extended

Update 10/07/26 – The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has provided an update on the Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) for Estradot® 50micrograms/24hours patches…

10th July 2026