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Pharmacy Bank Holiday Rota – August 2025:
Please click the links below to view a letter and form for completion in relation to the Pharmacy Bank Holiday opening hours for August 2025. Pharmacies should return the completed form by Thursday 10th July.
August Bank Holiday 2025 – Letter Re Intention to open
August Bank Holiday 2025 – Bank Holiday Form for completion
View current directions:
Hull – August Bank Holiday 2025
NEL – August Bank Holiday 2025
ERY – August Bank Holiday 2025
Please also follow the Further Instructions section to ensure your DoS and NHS UK profiles etc are up to date.
Further instructions:
- Please update your DoS & NHS UK Profiles accordingly (Please note: if you do not add hours for a bank holiday it will default to your normal opening hours)
- Ensure staff on duty have access to all IT systems and NHS shared mailboxes necessary.
- If closed – use the template on the link below to notify patients of the nearest open pharmacy.
- If directed to open – remember to claim the directed 1 or 2 hours via the PharmOutcomes platform. Please note: if you have to remain open for longer than the designated 1 or 2 hours allocated to complete a pharmaceutical service to patients, please add this to the notes section on PharmOutcomes and keep evidence so the ICB can assess if an additional payment is necessary or directed rota need to be extended.
Pharmacy Opening Notification Template
NHS Profile Manager tool:
A new tool, NHS Profile Manager, has launched to help community pharmacy contractors to update their pharmacy’s details more easily in the NHS 111 Directory of Services (DoS) and on the NHS website.
Previously, contractors needed to use two different NHS systems to ensure these details were up-to-date: the NHS website profile editor and the DoS Profile Updater. However, both of these systems have now been replaced by the new NHS Profile Manager.
CPE:
For additional information on opening hours including closures, temp closures, and forms, please visit the CPE website.
Directions to Open
For those pharmacies who have been directed to open, please submit your claims using the platform on PharmOutcomes.
Directions for May 2023 – April 2026:
Humber Directions 2023-2026 – (24.4.25)
