May 2021 Public and Bank Holidays – updated

Please click the link below to view the final report for the upcoming May 2021 bank holidays: Please click here...

Coronavirus & Latest PSNC Updates

To ensure you are up to date with all the latest pharmacy news, please read the full PSNC daily updates...

NHSE&I issue updated guidance on flu vacs for 2021/22

NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) reported in its Primary Care Bulletin that 50 to 64 year olds would be included as...

COVID-19 – Information for pharmacies

COVID-19 Information for pharmacies – Updated 26/03/21 Humber LPC Office: All staff members of Humber LPC will be continuing to...

Flu Vaccination Service 2020/21 ends today

The national community pharmacy Flu Vaccination Service 2020/21 finishes today (31st March 2021). Community pharmacy contractors are therefore reminded not to...

Next publication date for PNAs deferred by 6 months

At the end of last week, DHSC announced that due to ongoing COVID-19 pressures across all sectors, the requirement to...

Extension of temporary suspension of signatures on prescriptions and token submission requirements

Following representations made by PSNC to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Ministers in England have agreed to...

C-19 test distribution service added to the CPCF

A new Advanced service – the NHS community pharmacy COVID-19 lateral flow device distribution service – has been added to the NHS Community Pharmacy...

Shielding for CEV patients to stop from 1st April 2021

The Government has advised that from 1st April 2021 all clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) patients in England will no longer...

Terms of Service changes for DSPs

From 1st April 2021, the NHS Terms of Service require Distance Selling Premises (DSP) pharmacies to have a website that includes content...

Improvements made to the NHS Service Finder tool

NHS Digital has introduced improvements to their NHS Service Finder online search tool. The NHS Service Finder is a free tool that...

Pandemic Delivery Service: addition of self-isolators and funding changes

NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) have announced an extension to the group of patients entitled to assistance with the...