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Changes to the Reimbursement of 'Specials"

New arrangements for the reimbursement of unlicensed and imported medicines began on the 1st November 2011. Community Pharmacies are required to send documentation for non tariff items to the primary care organisation of the prescriber. … more

New Sorting Requirements for Month End Prescriptions

PSNC/DH/NHS Prescription services have agreed new sorting requirements for month end submissions, to support improvement in accuracy of pricing. … more

Community Pharmacy Catch Up Flu Vaccination Service begins on the 1st November 2011

NHS Sheffield has commissioned 21 Community Pharmacies to provide the Seasonal Flu Vaccination on the NHS to those under 65 in an at risk clinical group … more

New Medicines Service Begins Supported by PharmaBase Module

The PharmaBase module to support the New Medicine Service (NMS) was launched yesterday. Community Pharmacies can begin providing the service from today. … more

New Medicine Service - Communicating with GPs

As part of delivering the New Medicines Service (NMS), pharmacy contractors or their representatives must contact local GP practices about the service. … more

IT Trouble-Shooting Guide

We have pre-populated an EPS IT trouble-shooting guide prepared by Connecting for Health. It has specific contacts for NHS Sheffield and would be a useful addition to Community Pharmacy SOPs, locum guide and/or notice board. … more

LPC Self-Evaluation Performance Review Published

Sheffield LPC has completed and published the revised PSNC LPC self evaluation. Contractor can use the traffic light status at a glance to see the current performance of the LPC.
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PharmaBase Familiarisation Event

To help pharmacy teams deploy PharmaBase in preparation for the New Medicines Service and to record data/claim for the locally commissioned Supervised Consumption Service, the LPC will be running another PharmaBase Familiarisation Event. … more

High Risk Medicines and Targeted MURs - Update Event

The next Sheffield LPC/NHS Sheffield City Wide Update event will focus on High Risk Medicines - supporting you to deliver targeted MURs. … more

Changes to the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework - Update Event

To help pharmacy teams implement service developments and contract changes to the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework from the 1st October 2011, NHS Sheffield and Sheffield LPC are holding an update event on Tuesday, 13th September 2011. … more

Notification of Christmas 2011 and New Year 2012 Opening Times

Please notify NHS Sheffield of any changes to contractual hours for the Christmas and New Year Period 2011/12 by 24th September 2011 (the required 90 days in advance).
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Annual Report and Financial Statments 2010-2011 Published

The LPC has published the Annual Report and Financial Statements for April 2010 - March 2011. … more

Changes to the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framwork

PSNC/NHS employers has published further guidance on changes to the Community Pharmacy contractual framework from 1st October 2011.

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Minor Ailments Scheme - Collaboration with Opticians

Following discussions between the Sheffield Local Pharmaceutical Committee, Sheffield Local Optometric Committee and NHS Sheffield it was agreed to include some revisions to the Minor Ailments Scheme (MAS), linking the MAS and the Primary Eyecare Acute Referral Scheme (PEARS), provided by a number of Optometrists in the city. … more

Frequently Asked Questions - Respecified Substance Misuse Service SLA

The LPC has received a number of calls and emails from contractors with questions around the implementation of the respecified Substance Misuse Service SLA.
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