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Influenza N1H1

For all the latest information bulletins issued by Devon PCT, NHS Plymouth and Torbay Care Trust, please visit the Influzena N1H1 page on this website which is updated daily. … more

Stock Shortages; C&D write up on Devon LPC Audit

C&D have taken the information collected by the LPC regarding the out of stock problems pharmacies are having, and have written a full page article which appeared in the 27th June issue. … more

PSNC Contract Workbook 2009-10

Pharmacy contractors will be receiving from PSNC the new Contract Workbook 2009-10, which revises and brings up to date the 2008-09 workbook … more

Skin Cancer Awareness - Public Health Campaign

The second public health campaign for all contractors across Devon will be focusing on Skin Cancer Awareness and runs during July. … more

Amendment planned to the Medicines Act 1968 to decriminalise dispensing errors

According to a press release from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, the Department of Health has announced plans to amend the Medicines Act 1968 at the earliest opportunity to decriminalise dispensing errors. … more

Ministerial Statement on White Paper consultation on

The new Pharmacy Minister at the Department of Health has issued a written ministerial statement about the White Paper consultation on "Pharmacy in England: Building on strengths - delivering the future." … more

Devon LPC Exeter & East Devon Locality Forum

The next planned evening is on 6th July at the Devon Hotel, Matford, Exeter, starting at 7.30pm.

The agenda for the evening will be looking at "When and inspector calls" - , hear the latest on pharmacy visits by the inspector and also what is happening in the current round of PCT visits and also "The Mrs Lee" case - what the implications may be for you. … more

Devon LPC Torbay Locality Forum

The next planned evening is on 2nd July at the Torquay Premier Inn, The Seafront, Torquay TQ2 5HE starting at 7.30pm.

The tissue viability nurse is attending and will cover differences between dressing types and theirs uses, different types of wounds that may be seen in a pharmacy and recommendations of dressings for wound types.

Also on the agenda is flu planning in Torbay and how can pharmacy help? … more

Professional support for the LPC

The LPC needs some professional support to work with the team at the LPC Secretariat, for example to develop projects, support contractors, develop briefing packs for pharmacy teams etc. Our hope is to skill up a local network of pharmacists who can help local pharmacists move towards the aspirations of the Pharmacy White Paper. Fair payment will be made on a sessional basis. Want to know more? Call Sue on 01392 834022. … more

Devon LPC newsletter

The June edition of the Devon LPC newsletter has just been issued. … more

Congratulations to our colleague Mark on his recent wedding

The LPC sends congratulations to our Project Pharmacist, Mark Stone on his wedding on 13th June to Karen. By all accounts the day was wonderful and hopefully we will have a photo available soon of the happy couple. … more

Boxing Day 2009

In 2009, the official Boxing Day Bank Holiday has been declared to be Monday 28 December, as 26 December 2009 falls on a Saturday and it is not customary to declare Bank Holidays at weekends. … more

Lone workers

Pharmacy contractors may have seen the announcement that 30,000 personal alarms are to be made available to NHS staff who are assessed by their health service body as being at risk. … more

LPC Tool for Contract Monitoring Visits

The LPC has designed a toolkit to help contractors prepare for the PCT contract monitoring visit. This is based on the self assessments that you have to submit to the PCT on an annual basis, appreciating that each PCT in Devon adopts a slightly different approach. … more

Influenza A (H1N1)

It hasd been announced that leaflets on this are to be distributed to every UK household over the next few days and the WHO alert status to Level 5.

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"Medicines Allergy Matters" Allergy to medicines campaign

Devon LPC has been involved with the ABPI, NHS South West and other parties to develop a project, which is aimed to increase the awareness of medicines allergies. Medicines allergies cause a number of emergency admissions to hospital each year, the Department of Health stated that the number of anaphylaxis admissions to hospital was 3171 people in 2004 and that medicines caused approximately 30% of these cases. … more

Dispensing Error Petition

Pharmacists are currently the only people in the health system who automatically commit a criminal offence when they make a dispensing mistake. This has recently resulted in a Pharmacist, Elizabeth Lee, being given a suspended jail sentence for a straightforward mistake, despite an admission by the judge that the error she made played no part in what happened to the patient. … more

NHS Support Services opens up to pharmacists

The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has announced that the National Clinical Assessment Service (NCAS) has launched a new service for pharmacists to help them handle performance concerns and maintain safe and effective care for their patients and the public. … more